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mosstrooper definition

moss·trooper (-tro̵̅o̅p′ər)

noun

  1. any of the raiders who infested the swampy borderland between England and Scotland in the 17th cent.
  2. a marauder

Etymology: < Scot moss, a swamp < ME mos: see moss

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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