单词 | cateran |
释义 | caterann. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun] trumec893 wic897 ferredc1200 knight-weredc1275 preyc1300 legion?1316 companyc1325 punyec1330 virtuec1350 fellowshipc1380 knightheada1382 knighthooda1382 strengtha1382 sop?a1400 strengh?a1400 tropelc1425 armyc1450 framec1450 preparing1497 armourya1500 cohortc1500 cohortationc1500 cateran?a1513 venlin1541 troop1545 guidon1560 crew1570 preparation1573 esquadron1579 bodya1616 armada1654 expedition1693 armament1698 host1807 war-party1921 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 133 Full mony catherein hes he chaist..Amang thay dully glennis. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 120 (Jam.) Ask yon highland kettrin what they mean. b. One of a Highland band; a Highland irregular fighting man, reiver, or marauder. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > sacker, raider, or looter > [noun] reavereOE forayerc1330 cateran1371 ransackerc1390 depopulatorc1440 rover1481 forager1489 river?a1500 riderc1550 wight-rider1569 predour1577 sacker1589 harrier1596 boot-haler1600 marauder1698 poligar1773 skinner1780 looter1860 raider1861 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > irregular > specific cateran1371 swartrutter1557 rapparee1690 sebundi1782 franc-tireur1808 Makhzan1854 1371–90 Stat. 12 Robt. II (Jam.) Of Ketharines or Sorneris. They quha travells as ketharans..etand the cuntrie and..takand their gudis be force and violence. c1430 Bower Contn. Fordun anno 1396 (Jam.) Per duos pestiferos cateranos et eorum sequaces.] c1650 (c1515) Sc. Field (Percy) 131 in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS (1867) I. 219 There came at his commandement ketherinckes [?c1600 Lyme kettricks] full many,..many Scotts & Ketherickes [?c1600 Lyme kettericks] bowed to his Hand. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 119 Grahame of Montrose, and his Highland catterans. 1832 Blackwood's Mag. 65/2 These overgrown proprietors with their armies of catherans. 1887 Duke of Argyll Scotl. as it Was II. 6 Plundering Caterans always ready to flock to those who promised booty. 2. gen. Brigand, freebooter, marauder. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] brigand1421 snaphance1539 thief errant1553 freebooter1570 filibuster1591 bandit1594 Robin Hood1597 mosser1651 moss-trooper1651 free-rider1821 cateran1870 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 216 The statecraft of an Ithacan cateran. 1880 Marquis of Salisbury in Manch. Guard. 27 Oct. They [the Montenegrins] are caterans, cattle-lifters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1371 |
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