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Etymology

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From trespass +‎ -er.

Noun

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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.

Translations

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Old French

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Etymology

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

Verb

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trespasser

  1. to traverse, to go through
    • 12th 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.

Conjugation

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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.

Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of trépasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.