roper

Meanings

1. Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
2. A ropemaker (a maker of ropes).
3. One who ropes goods; a packer.
4. Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”).
5. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
6. An undercover informer.
7. Any of a variety of monsters with tentacles that they use to capture victims.

1. A surname.
2. A town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States.

Etymology

From Middle English roper, ropere; equivalent to rope + -er.