dosser Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who sleeps in any convenient place
    street person.

WordNet

Dos"ser noun
Etymology
LL. dosserum, or F.dossier bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back, fr. L. dorsum back. See Dorsal, and cf. Dosel.
Definitions
  1. A pannier, or basket.
    To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers. Beau. & Fl.
  2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

Webster 1913