Loper
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
"Wolves are very intelligent animals, and they are lopers and they are survivors."
- 2 A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf. Southwestern, US, dialectal
"When I was still some distance above the ford, about a dozen prairie wolves and one loper* wolf ran up from the water. They told me that there were no Indians near here or they would not be here; and they were not here long, either. [...] the big loper left on a slow gallop [...] Loper, corruption of Sp. lobo, wolf."
- 3 A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.
- 1 A surname.
Synonyms
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More examples"Wolves are very intelligent animals, and they are lopers and they are survivors."
Etymology
From lope (“to leap, to run”) + -er.
From American Spanish lobo (“wolf”) (/ˈloβo/), reinterpreted as or conflated with loper (“one who lopes”); compare the alternative forms which reflect other re-interpretations and conflations.
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