loper
loper · lopers
One who or that which lopesOne who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
US/lˈoʊpɚ/
Meaning
3 sensesOne who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.
(Southwestern, US, dialectal)A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.
Origin
From lope (“to leap, to run”) + -er. From American Spanish lobo (“wolf”) (/ˈloβo/), reintFrom 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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