loper

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1)  A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.

Etymology 2
From American, reinterpreted as or conflated with ; compare the alternative forms which reflect other re-interpretations and conflations.

Alternative forms

 * see list in loafer

Noun

 * 1)  A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.

Usage notes

 * Often used in compound with "wolf": "loper wolf".

Etymology
From, from. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  bishop; chess piece that moves diagonally
 * 2) walker; someone who walks
 * 3)  runner; someone who runs or moves quickly
 * 4)  messenger, that delivers messages by foot
 * 5)  shoot or sprout that forms at the end of roots from which new shoots or sprouts develop
 * 6)  tendrils of creepers and vines used for support

Etymology
From. Equivalent to.

In the chess sense, likely a.

Noun

 * 1) runner
 * 2) somebody who walks
 * 3) a carpet
 * rode loper &mdash; red carpet
 * 1)  bishop.
 * 2) master key
 * 3) message runner, messager who runs on foot
 * 4)   from the roots of a plant
 * 1) message runner, messager who runs on foot
 * 2)   from the roots of a plant
 * 1)   from the roots of a plant

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  deliveryman, that delivers newspaper, and so on.
 * : the chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.