n. Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat.
n. A maker of ropes.
n. One who ropes goods; a packer.
n. One fit to be hanged.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A maker of ropes.
n. One who ropes goods; a packer.
n. One fit to be hanged.
The 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.
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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)
Word Usage
"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."