moss-trooper

English - Turkish

Definition of moss-trooper in English Turkish dictionary

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mosstrooper

akıncı

mosstrooper

yağmacı

mosstrooper

(isim) bataklık eşkiyası

mosstrooper

çapulcu

mosstrooper

eskiden İngiltere ile İskoçya arasındaki sınırda turbalık veya bataklıklarda gizlenip eşkiyalık eden haydut

mosstrooper

{i} bataklık eşkiyası

English - English

Definition of moss-trooper in English English dictionary

Any of a band of raiders or bandits who marauded the Scottish borders in the 17th century

a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland)

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mosstrooper

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

mosstrooper

{i} thief, robber; one of a gang of marauders or bandits that operated in the bogs on the English and Scottish borders during the 17th century