different between roper vs rower

English

Etymology

rope +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????p?(?)/

Noun

roper (plural ropers)

1. Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
2. (dated) A maker of ropes.

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3. One who ropes goods; a packer.
4. (archaic, slang) A crafty fellow; one fit to be hanged.

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5. (slang) Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”)
   • 1968, Marvin B. Scott, The Racing Game (page 110)

     The "roper" will inform the mark that such horses can't be picked out of the Form; what one needs is inside information.

   • 2012, Wilbur R. Miller, The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America

     For example, one person may have a specialty in cooling off the mark, while another is able to lure in the mark with ease; these people may be referred to as the “roper” or the “outside man”.

6. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

   Synonyms: lugger, picker-up, runner, steerer

Anagrams

• Perro, porer, prore, repro

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

roper

1. present of rope

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

roper

1. present of ropa

English

Etymology

From Middle English rower, rowere, roware, equivalent to row +? -er. Cognate with Dutch roeier (“rower”), Danish roer (“rower”), Norwegian roer (“rower”). Compare also Old English r?wend (“rower”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????.?(?)/

Noun

rower (plural rowers)

1. One who rows.
   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Chapter VI

     It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.

2. A rowing machine.
   • 1988, Richard Allen Winett, Ageless athletes (page 65)

     Aerobic and weight training sessions should also complement each other. For example, on a day you work your upper body with weights, you can use a rower for aerobics.

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rover, from Middle Dutch rôvere. Equivalent to roof +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r???.v?r/

Noun

rower (plural rowers, diminutive rowertjie)

1. robber, bandit

Polish

Etymology

From the name of the British company English Rover.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.v?r/

Noun

rower m inan

1. bicycle, bike

Declension

Descendants

• ? Belarusian: ?????? (róvar)
• ? Ukrainian: ?????? (róver)
• ? Yiddish: ???????? (rover)

Further reading

• rower in Polish dictionaries at PWN