trespasser

 

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From trespass +‎ -er.

trespasser (plural trespassers)

1. One who trespasses; an interloper.
   • 1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:

     Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.

   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 16:

     The human is a land animal, not an aquatic one, and he is therefore a trespasser in the water.

First known attestation 1100, from tres- +‎ passer,^[1] from Latin trans and passus (noun) (Vulgar Latin passō (verb)).

trespasser

1. to traverse, to go through
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     France trespassent et entrent en Berri

     They went through France and went into Berri

2. to travel; to go to
   • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Pluisor qui s'an sont escapé
     Sont vers Escoce trespassé.

     Several of those who escaped
     Travelled to Scotland.

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• English: trespass (via Old French), traipse (via Middle French)
• French: trépasser
• Norman: trépâsser