Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

CATERAN (from the Gaelic ceathairne, ...

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 512 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: CAR-CAU

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

See also:

CATERAN (from the Gaelic ceathairne, a collective word meaning " peasantry ")

CATERAN (from the Gaelic ceathairne, a collective word meaning " peasantry ") , the See also:

BAND

band of fighting men of a Highland See also:

CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan; hence the See also:

TERM

term is applied to the Highland, and later to any, marauders or See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-lifters .

End of Article: CATERAN (from the Gaelic ceathairne, a collective word meaning " peasantry ")

[back]
CATENARY (from Lat. eaten¢, a chain)

[next]
CATERHAM

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.

Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.