Look up: moss-trooper

1. moss-trooper
   noun a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland)
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2. Moss-trooper
   `Moss-troopers` were bandits who operated in Scotland during and after the period of the English Commonwealth in the mid-17th century. Many moss-troopers were disbanded or deserting soldiers from one of the Scottish armies of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. They had kept their weapons and lived a li...
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3. Mosstrooper
   Moss'troop`er noun [ Moss + trooper .] One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border country.
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4. Mosstrooper
   • (n.) One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border country.
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5. Mosstrooper
   The Mosstroopers were bandits who plagued the border area between England and Scotland. They were so named from camping on the mosses.
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