roper
English
noun
Definitions
- agent Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
- (dated) A maker of ropes.
- One who ropes goods; a packer.
- (archaic) A crafty fellow; one fit to be hanged.
- (slang)
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
Etymology
Suffix from English rope.
Origin
English
rope
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- breastrope English
- catch-rope English
- crack-rope English
- footrope English
- goat-rope English
- handrope English
- headrope English
- hobblerope English
- manrope English
- mastrope English
- outroper English
- ridgerope English
- rope English
- rope dancer English
- rope-ripe English
- rope-worthy English
- ropeable English
- ropeband English
- ropedancing English
- ropefish English
- ropeless English
- ropelike English
- ropeloft English
- ropemaker English
- ropemaking English
- ropeman English
- ropemate English
- ropery English
- ropesman English
- ropewalk English
- ropewalker English
- ropewalking English
- ropeway English
- ropework English
- ropeworker English
- ropish English
- stirrup English
- tightrope English
- toprope English
- towrope English
- unrope English
- wainrope English
- rope Middle English
- rópa Irish
- ròpa Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- rop Tok Pisin
- lope Chinook Jargon
- rope
- ropery
- unrope
- ropish
- ropeway
- manrope
- ropeman
- stirrup
- toprope
- towrope
- ropewalk
- mastrope
- ropeband
- ropeable
- ropeless
- headrope
- ropefish
- ropemate
- ropelike
- footrope
- outroper
- handrope
- ropework
- wainrope
- ropeloft
- ropesman
- ridgerope
- tightrope
- rope-ripe
- ropemaker
- goat-rope
- hobblerope
- ropewalker
- crack-rope
- breastrope
- catch-rope
- ropeworker
- ropemaking
- rope-worthy
- rope dancer
- ropedancing
- ropewalking