Meaning of "mosstrooper" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOSSTROOPER

Moss, in northern English dialect sense: bog.

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOSSTROOPER

mosstrooper  [ˈmɒsˌtruːpə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOSSTROOPER

Mosstrooper is a noun.

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WHAT DOES MOSSTROOPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Moss-trooper

Moss-troopers were bandits who operated in Scotland during and after the period of the English Commonwealth in the mid-17th century. Many moss-troopers were disbanded or deserting soldiers from one of the Scottish armies of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. They had kept their weapons and lived a life of banditry, attacking both civilians and Parliamentary soldiers for supplies during the Royalist rising of 1651 to 1654 when English Parliamentarian troops under George Monck occupied Scotland. Moss-troopers usually operated in small bands, either on the fringes of the Highlands or in the border regions. Many Highland lairds complained of moss-troopers' cattle-stealing and of how they incurred military reprisals against the Highlands as a whole. Some moss-troopers may have had a national-political as well as an economic motivation, believing in resisting the Cromwellian occupation of Scotland - much as their Irish contemporaries, the "tories", in part resisted English occupation.

Definition of mosstrooper in the English dictionary

The definition of mosstrooper in the dictionary is a raider in the border country of England and Scotland in the mid-17th century.

TRANSLATION OF MOSSTROOPER

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• Translator English - Marathi: मुसलमान
• Translator English - Turkish: bataklık eşkiyası
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• Translator English - Afrikaans: overvaller
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOSSTROOPER»

Discover the use of mosstrooper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mosstrooper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Mosstrooper: A Legend of the Scottish Border

met with so favourable reception, is, in an early number, to favour us with the first chapter of another tale entitled the “Mosstrooper.” Accordingly, in 1844, the Journal again made its appearance, thistimeunder thetitleof “The Perth and Dundee ...

Robert Scott Fittis

The Mosstrooper - a Legend of the Scottish Border - the ...

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Robert Scott Fittis, 2013

The Polled Herd Book: Containing Pedigrees of Animals of the ...

Sire, Mosstrooper (296) 3 dam, Miss Martin (212). HANNIBAL (201) James Graham, Meikle Силос}; Calved 1857. Bred by James Graham, Meikle Culloch. Sire, Guardsman (23) 3 dam, Hannah (214). MALCOLM (202) James Graham, Meikle ...

‎1862

The Aberdeen-Angus Herd Book

279 * MOSSTROOPER 3rd James Beattie, Newbie Home, Annan Calved 1855. Bred by Jas. Beattie, Newbie House. Sire, Mosstrooper (296) ; dam, Lady of Whithaugh (167). Sire of Bulls 281, 282. Mosstrooper 3rd gained the First Prize at the ...

Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society, 1862

The Sporting Review

Deciding COUTH : Mr. Wauchope's Velocity beat Mr. Sbarpe's Queen, and won the Couples. ' The CUP, 20 guineas, for dogs of all ages. Mr. Ramsay's f. d. Bolam beat Hon. J. Stuart's bd. d. Donlbristle. Mr. H. Maxwell's bk. d. Mosstrooper .

" "Craven, 1841

The New Sporting Magazine

Mosstrooper, beat Mr. A. Graham's bk. d. My Lord Mr. H. Maxwell's r. b. M' Pherson, beat Capt. Graham's bd.d. Napoleon Dr. Brown's bd. d. Sweeper, beat Lord Eglinton's r. and w. d. Mose? Dr. Brown's bk. and w. d. Ocean, beat Lord Eglinton's ...

‎1840

The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.

V. Mosstrooper beat Royal Letters Callirhoe beat Champion Belle of Scotland beat Ronald (1, gr.) Jaue Anuc beat Crossfell Callirhoe beat Mosstrooper Jane Anne beat Belle of Scotland Jane Anne beat Callirhoe (e) Mr C M. Saunders's f b p ...

John William Carleton

Broken Chains

He was dealing with a Mosstrooper. A crazy Mosstrooper who led Bharg instead of men. He looked all around him, to the scores of Bharg, and gritted his teeth. There was no way out of this. They had come so far, but it would end here. Unless ...

David Gallway, 2001

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XXIII

MOSSTROOPER. "I am determinedto gie up this thievin trade,Dick.If I can only escape Sir Robert Cary this time, I'll turn honest man, hing up jack and spear, steelcap and whinger, and lead the life o' a saint." This was said by Geordie ...

Various

Curiosities Of County Durham

SATLEY. THE. LAST. MOSSTROOPER. LOCATION: STEELEY BURN FARM, 10MILESWEST OF DURHAM CITY, OFF THE B6296. OS MAP 88 117438. THE wilds ofDurhamwere once thehiding placeof Thomas Raw, last in a long tradition  ...

Paul Perry, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOSSTROOPER»

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Bashboy one of 10 for Grand National

... horse to complete the Grand National Hurdle/Grand National Steeplechase double in the same year and the first since Mosstrooper in 1930. «Racing.com, Jul 15»

Victorian trainers' title race tightens up

... Grand National Hurdle and the Grand National Steeple in the same season, joining the legendary Redleap (1892) and Mosstrooper (1930.) ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»

Inside Running: Victorian trainers' title race tightens up

... Grand National Hurdle and the Grand National Steeple in the same season, joining the legendary Redleap (1892) and Mosstrooper (1930.). «Herald Sun, Jul 15»

King Of Dudes abides in Grand National

If he can complete the double he will be the first horse since Mosstrooper in 1930 to do so. King Of Dudes, the only local in the field, won a ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»

King Of Dudes wins Grand National Hurdle at Warrnambool and …

CHAMPION fencer Bashboy bounced back from not completing the course in the Mosstrooper Steeple at Bendigo with a win in the Crisp ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»

Bashboy wins fourth-straight Crisp

The three-time Australian Jumper of the Year, who was pulled out of the race at his previous start in the Mosstrooper Steeplechase at Bendigo, ... «Racing.com, Jul 15»

What You Need To Know - Finals Day

... out to make amends in the Crisp - which he's won the past three seasons - after failing to finish in the Mosstrooper Steeplechase at Bendigo. «Racing.com, Jul 15»

Racing: Sea King meets top field in Victoria

Prepared in New Zealand by Kevin Myers, Sea King transferred to Payne's care before his last-start victory in the Mosstrooper Steeplechase. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

Jumps continue to soar like Crisp

In 1985, he won the Von Doussa Steeplechase by six lengths, the Mosstrooper Steeplechase by seven lengths, and the Australian ... «Racing.com, Jul 15»

Ciaron Maher in line for more winter wins

Bashboy won the Thackeray Steeplechase at Warrnambool last month but was pulled out of the Mosstrooper Steeplechase at Bendigo. «Bloodstock.com.au, Jul 15»