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Definition of Moss-trooper
1. Noun. A marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland).
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
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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