Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A rope-maker.
- n. One who ropes or cords parcels, bales, and the like.
- n. One who deserves a halter; a crafty fellow; a rogue.
- n. One who throws the lasso.
- n. One who decoys, inveigles, or ‘ropes’ people in; a barker.
Wiktionary
- n. Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat.
- n. dated A maker of ropes.
- n. One who ropes goods; a packer.
- n. archaic, slang One fit to be hanged.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A maker of ropes.
- n. One who ropes goods; a packer.
- n. Old Slang One fit to be hanged.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a craftsman who makes ropes
- n. a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
- n. a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
Etymologies
- rope + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The crook finds a target -- a tourist in a hotel -- and calls his roper, who deploys the children to swarm the tourist and rip him off, and then uses the cellphone to arrange for a dead-drop for the loot.”
“In Colorado, starting at age 14, Matt learned to be a roper, which is a rodeo event in which two riders work together to lasso a calf in the open ring.”
“One Sunday, when he had a few hours off, Mose went to Alf, the chief "roper," and asked him to help him catch "Kintuck," as Reynolds called the bay.”
“Porter had been promoted by me to be a sort of "roper".”
“Mr. SMITH: That's why I told you, you could be a roper.”
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“An accomplished calf-roper who competed in rodeos and worked on his family's California cattle farm, Mr. Pascoe exudes a down-home, wide-eyed excitement his teammates can't help but take to.”
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Interesting words
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Last Names That Are Professions
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Rodeo
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Archaic Occupations
Some of these professions still exist today but the word for them has changed; some (mason or boatswain, for example), are still in use but are included for their rich historical associations. Som...
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The Grifters
You're on the grift, same as me.
cheater, cheat, deceiver, deluder, dissimulator, swindler, faker, fleecer, flimflammer, fraud, fraudster, hustler and 81 more...
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