leaper
One who leapsOne who leaps.
Meaning
5 sensesOne who leaps.
someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”).
A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.
Origin
From Middle English lepere, lepare, from Old English hlēapere (“runner, leaper, dancer, coFrom Middle English lepere, lepare, from Old English hlēapere (“runner, leaper, dancer, courier, vagrant”), equivalent to leap + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Lööper (“runner”), West Frisian ljepper (“leaper”), West Frisian loper (“runner”), Dutch loper (“runner”), German Läufer (“runner”), Swedish löpare (“runner”), Icelandic hlaupari (“runner”).
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