moss-trooper

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland)Type of marauder, predator
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Webster's Dictionary (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]
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