# loper

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
2. A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.

## Etymology
From lope (“to leap, to run”) + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/loper