roper
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• noun
North American A person who catches livestock with a lasso, especially a cowboy, ranch hand, or a competitor in a rodeo event.
"The skilled roper secured the calf in record time during the championship rodeo."
A person who manufactures or makes ropes.
"In the nineteenth century, the local roper supplied all the rigging for the town's thriving fishing fleet."
A decoy or shill who lures unsuspecting people into a trap, confidence game, or illicit scheme.
"The con artist employed a smooth-talking roper to draw tourists into his rigged card game."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'roper', originally an occupational surname and term for a rope-maker, formed by combining 'rope' with the agent suffix '-er'.
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