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landlouper

landlouper noun: a vagabond; a vagrant.

Noun

landlouper (plural landloupers)

  1. (archaic) A vagabond; a vagrant.
    • Bands of landloupers had been employed[…]1856, John Lothrop Moltey, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, page 594
    Synonyms:
    landleaper

Synonyms of landlouper

Forms of landlouper

plurallandloupers
alternative formlandloper

Origin of landlouper

Borrowed from Dutch landloper (literally “land-runner”). Merged with native English landleaper; equivalent to land + leaper.

Questions about landlouper

What does landlouper mean?
Landlouper means a vagabond; a vagrant.
What part of speech is landlouper?
Landlouper is a noun.
What is the plural of landlouper?
The plural of landlouper is landloupers.

Words near landlouper in the dictionary

  1. landlordless
  2. landlordly
  3. landlordry
  4. landlords
  5. landlordship
  6. landlouper
  7. landloupers
  8. landlouping
  9. landlubber
  10. landlubberish
  11. landlubberliness

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