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Mosstrooper

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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mosstrooper'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mosstrooper.html. 1828.
 
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