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–noun
(in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
Origin:
1745–55;
< ScotGael
sporan;
cf. Ir
sparán
purse
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spor·ran
(spôr'ən, spŏr'-)
n. A leather or fur pouch worn at the front of the kilt in the traditional dress of men of the Scottish Highlands.
[Scottish Gaelic
sporan
, from Middle Irish
sparán
, possibly from Late Latin
bursa
,
bag
; see
bursa
.]
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sporran
1818, from Gaelic
sporan,
Irish
sparan
"purse," of uncertain origin. Familiarized by Walter Scott (first attested in "Rob Roy").
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