See cateran on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song:",
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"ref": "2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 41:",
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"A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan."
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"(historical) A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan."
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