bogtrotterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

bogtrotter (複数形 bogtrotters)

1. One who lives in boggy countryside; applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.
   • 1830, Edward Lane, The Fugitives:

     “And — what ! indeed, must we leave talking about poor Mr. Philpot , and planning how to get him off , to attend to this Bogtrotter? ”

2. Someone who participates in bogtrotting

( derogatory offensive) An Irish person

参照

• “bogtrotter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.