Definition of Moss-trooper

1. Noun. A marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland).

Generic synonyms: Marauder, Piranha, Predator, Vulture

Definition of Moss-trooper

1. Noun. Any of a band of raiders or bandits who marauded the Scottish borders in the 17th century ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moss-trooper

mosquito hawk
mosquito net
mosquito nets
mosquitocidal
mosquitocide
mosquitocides
mosquitoed
mosquitoes
mosquitoey
mosquitofish
mosquitofishes
mosquitos
moss
moss-grown
moss-lichen wetland
moss-trooper (current term)
moss agate
moss animal
moss campion
moss family
moss frog
moss genus
moss green
moss lawn
moss locust
moss phlox
moss pink
moss starch
mossback
mossbacked

Literary usage of Moss-trooper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"Her son pursued his infant play, A fancied moss-trooper, the hoy The truncheon of a spear ... mosstrooper ..."

2. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1842)
"But while the old Warder was blinking and thinking, The gallant moss-trooper as quickly as winking, Sprang light as a goat Right over the moat, And catching ..."

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