Roper

proper nounattested in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.
2
A town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States.
3
The Roper River (a river in the Katherine Region, Northern Territory, Australia)
4
slangNgukurr (a town in Roper Gulf, Katherine Region, Northern Territory, Australia)

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun roper * As a north/Low German surname for the town crier, from Middle Low German ropen (“to call”), from Old Saxon hrōpan.

roots · Ancestry.rope · Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands…roper · One who ropes goods; a packer.

Roper · A surname.

ropes · Basic skills of a job.Ropes · A surname.rory · Covered by dew.

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