moss-troopern.

Brit.

/ˈmɒsˌtruːpə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔsˌtrupər/,

/ˈmɑsˌtrupər/, Scottish English

/ˈmɔsˌtrupər/

Forms: see moss n.¹ and trooper n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moss n.¹, trooper n.

Etymology: < moss n.¹ + trooper n.

Originally Scottish.

1. A member of any of the marauding gangs which, in the mid 17th cent., carried out raids across the ‘mosses’ of the Scottish Border; a Border pillager or freebooter. Frequently in plural. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in Scotland

shavaldourc1380

moss-trooper1645

Tory1651

Border-pricker1820

border-rider1820

1645 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) VI. i. 401/1 To the remonstrance of the [county]..of Northumberland concerning the moss trouperes or brokine men in the borderes.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 303 A sprigg of these Borderers hath lately been revived (disguised under the new name of Moss-Troopers).

a1675 B. Whitelocke Memorials Eng. Affairs (1682) anno 1651 242/2 The Scots in a Village called Geddard..set upon Captain Dawson, as he returned from pursuing some Moss-Troopers.

1720 A. Pennecuik Streams from Helicon (ed. 2) i. 78 We were very ill fash'd with the English Land-Loupers, And the haill Country was o'er-run with Moss-Troopers.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xix. 21 A fancied moss-trooper, the boy The truncheon of a spear bestrode.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 294 A single troop of dragoons..was stationed near Berwick, for the purpose of keeping the peace among the mosstroopers of the border.

1910 R. Borland Border Raids 61 Those undisciplined marauding bands which infested the Borders, and to which the name ‘reivers’ or ‘mosstroopers’ is usually assigned.

1965 N. Ridley Portrait of Northumberland 21 Scattered over wide areas of Northumberland are the Pele towers..where the cattle could be driven into the ground floor rooms, to protect them from the Reivers and Moss Troopers.

1990 J. Burke Traveller's Hist. Scotl. (BNC) 91 Rewards were offered, including some to moss-troopers themselves provided they betrayed their companions.

2. In extended use: a bandit or raider (in Scotland beyond the Borders, or elsewhere); a member of an undisciplined or renegade group. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun]

brigand1421

snaphance1539

thief errant1553

freebooter1570

filibuster1591

bandit1594

Robin Hood1597

mosser1651

moss-trooper1651

free-rider1821

cateran1870

1651 Proclam. Govt. Edinb. 27 Aug. in C. H. Firth Scotl. & Commonw. (1895) 318 Whereas divers lewd and wicked Persons, named Mos-Troopers, rove up and down the Country, Rob, spoile and Murther upon the High-way.

1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 43 Why should they..come under the commonest notion of wilfull Peasants, or degenerate into Torees & Mosse-Troopers?

1676 in J. Lough Locke's Trav. in France (1953) 276 I think it was some where in the way between Boulogne and Montriel..some barren hills of sand that beare noething unlesse it be now & then a Mosse trooper.

1701 J. Collier tr. Marcus Aurelius Conversat. with Himself 187 A fourth sort value themselves extremely upon their Hunting the Sarmatian Moss Troopers.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. viii. 236 An irruption of..moss troopers was ready to deluge him from the east.

1900 L. S. Amery Times Hist. War S. Afr. I. viii. 188 Dr. Jameson and his band of moss~troopers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moss-trooper
释义	moss-troopern. Brit. /ˈmɒsˌtruːpə/, U.S. /ˈmɔsˌtrupər/, /ˈmɑsˌtrupər/, Scottish English /ˈmɔsˌtrupər/ Forms: see moss n.¹ and trooper n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moss n.¹, trooper n. Etymology: < moss n.¹ + trooper n. Originally Scottish. 1. A member of any of the marauding gangs which, in the mid 17th cent., carried out raids across the ‘mosses’ of the Scottish Border; a Border pillager or freebooter. Frequently in plural. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in Scotland shavaldourc1380 moss-trooper1645 Tory1651 Border-pricker1820 border-rider1820 1645 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) VI. i. 401/1 To the remonstrance of the [county]..of Northumberland concerning the moss trouperes or brokine men in the borderes. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 303 A sprigg of these Borderers hath lately been revived (disguised under the new name of Moss-Troopers). a1675 B. Whitelocke Memorials Eng. Affairs (1682) anno 1651 242/2 The Scots in a Village called Geddard..set upon Captain Dawson, as he returned from pursuing some Moss-Troopers. 1720 A. Pennecuik Streams from Helicon (ed. 2) i. 78 We were very ill fash'd with the English Land-Loupers, And the haill Country was o'er-run with Moss-Troopers. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xix. 21 A fancied moss-trooper, the boy The truncheon of a spear bestrode. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 294 A single troop of dragoons..was stationed near Berwick, for the purpose of keeping the peace among the mosstroopers of the border. 1910 R. Borland Border Raids 61 Those undisciplined marauding bands which infested the Borders, and to which the name ‘reivers’ or ‘mosstroopers’ is usually assigned. 1965 N. Ridley Portrait of Northumberland 21 Scattered over wide areas of Northumberland are the Pele towers..where the cattle could be driven into the ground floor rooms, to protect them from the Reivers and Moss Troopers. 1990 J. Burke Traveller's Hist. Scotl. (BNC) 91 Rewards were offered, including some to moss-troopers themselves provided they betrayed their companions. 2. In extended use: a bandit or raider (in Scotland beyond the Borders, or elsewhere); a member of an undisciplined or renegade group. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] brigand1421 snaphance1539 thief errant1553 freebooter1570 filibuster1591 bandit1594 Robin Hood1597 mosser1651 moss-trooper1651 free-rider1821 cateran1870 1651 Proclam. Govt. Edinb. 27 Aug. in C. H. Firth Scotl. & Commonw. (1895) 318 Whereas divers lewd and wicked Persons, named Mos-Troopers, rove up and down the Country, Rob, spoile and Murther upon the High-way. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 43 Why should they..come under the commonest notion of wilfull Peasants, or degenerate into Torees & Mosse-Troopers? 1676 in J. Lough Locke's Trav. in France (1953) 276 I think it was some where in the way between Boulogne and Montriel..some barren hills of sand that beare noething unlesse it be now & then a Mosse trooper. 1701 J. Collier tr. Marcus Aurelius Conversat. with Himself 187 A fourth sort value themselves extremely upon their Hunting the Sarmatian Moss Troopers. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. viii. 236 An irruption of..moss troopers was ready to deluge him from the east. 1900 L. S. Amery Times Hist. War S. Afr. I. viii. 188 Dr. Jameson and his band of moss~troopers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1645
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