Talk:Moss-trooper

"Moss"
Would not some exploration of "moss" be in order? A leader's surname? A camoflage technique? I'm not suggesting speculative argument. I myself am historically challenged, but I suspect someone among us knows why they were styled 'moss' troopers. rags (talk) 08:00, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Dictionary.com shows an older meaning of 'moss' to be a bog or marsh, actually the original meaning of the word, and still common at the time in northern England and the pertinant area bordering Scotland, noun and adj.,

"before 1000; Middle English mos(se), Old English mos moss, bog; akin to German Moos, Old Norse mȳrr mire"


 * But dictionary.com is crowd-sourced, is it not? That would make it an unacceptable source.  rags (talk) 19:47, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * d.c is primarily sourced to the RH Unabridged, along with other notable dictionaries (Compton's, AH, et al). Should be acceptable in the article. I guess I'm just texting myself here.  rags (talk) 19:59, 5 May 2017 (UTC)