loper
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loper¹
noun lopers
- 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.
loper²
Where it comes from
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.
noun lopers
- A 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 they were not here long, either. [...] the big loper left on a slow gallop [...] Loper, corruption o
Loper³
proper noun Lopers
- A surname.
Talk about this word "loper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/loper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. loper. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/loper "loper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/loper.Cite this
@misc{loper_2026,
title = {loper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/loper},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
