ropemaker, rope-maker, roper
(noun) a craftsman who makes ropes
roper
(noun) a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
roper
(noun) a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Roper
A surname.
• Perro, porer, prore, repro
roper (plural ropers)
Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
(dated) A maker of ropes.
One who ropes goods; a packer.
(archaic, slang) A crafty fellow; one fit to be hanged.
(slang) synonym of outside man
A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
Synonyms: lugger, picker-up, runner, steerer
• Perro, porer, prore, repro
Source: Wiktionary
Rop"er, n.
1. A maker of ropes. P. Plowman.
2. One who ropes goods; a packer.
3. One fit to be hanged. [Old Slang] Douce.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
