OriginFrom lope (“to leap, to run”) + -er.
- One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
“Wolves are very intelligent animals, and they are lopers and they are survivors.”
- A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.
- Southwestern, US, dialectalA wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.
“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 ”
“Besides the cattle company paid a bounty for each coyote, loper wolf, panther, bobcat or bear. We had to buy our own six-shooter but the company furnished ammunition free. So it can be seen why most c”
Formslopers(plural) · Lopers(plural)