loper

See also: löper

English

Etymology

From lope (“to leap, to run”) +‎ -er.

Noun

loper (plural lopers)

1. One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
   • 2000, Marilyn Elkins, August Wilson: A Casebook:

     Wolves are very intelligent animals, and they are lopers and they are survivors.

2. (ropemaking) A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.

Related terms

• interloper
• landloper

Anagrams

• lepro-, poler, prole

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch loper (“walker, runner, messenger, bishop (chess piece), carpet, master key, offshoot”), from Middle Dutch lopere (“runner, messenger, walker”). Equivalent to loop +‎ -er.

Noun

loper (plural lopers, diminutive lopertjie)

1. (chess) bishop; chess piece that moves diagonally
2. walker; someone who walks
3. (archaic) runner; someone who runs or moves quickly
4. (historical) messenger, that delivers messages by foot
5. (botany) shoot or sprout that forms at the end of roots from which new shoots or sprouts develop
6. (botany, uncommon) tendrils of creepers and vines used for support

Synonyms

• (chess piece): biskop
• (messenger): boodskapper
• (tendril): rank

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lopere. Equivalent to lopen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.pər/

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• Hyphenation: lo‧per
• Rhymes: -oːpər

Noun

loper m (plural lopers, diminutive lopertje n)

1. runner

   Synonyms: hardloper, renner

2. somebody who walks
3. a carpet

   rode loper — red carpet

4. (chess) bishop.

   Synonym: raadsheer

5. master key

   Synonym: moedersleutel

6. message runner, messager who runs on foot
7. (archaic) shoot from the roots of a plant

   Synonym: uitloper

Derived terms

• uitloper

Descendants

• Afrikaans: loper
• Indonesian: loper

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch loper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.pər/
• Hyphenation: lo‧pêr

Noun

lopêr

1. (colloquial) messenger, that delivers newspaper, and so on.

Related terms

• pelopor

 

Further reading

• “loper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.