Moss-trooper

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mosstrooper \Moss"troop`er\, n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moss-trooper
       n : a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs
           between England and Scotland)