roper

(Îngilîzî)

  1. (agent, form-of) Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
  2. (dated) A ropemaker (a maker of ropes).
  3. One who ropes goods; a packer.
  4. (slang) 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. (slang) An undercover informer.
  7. Any of a variety of monsters with tentacles that they use to capture victims.

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rope

Pircarînî

C2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈɹəʊpə(ɹ)/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

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

lanciatore di lazo

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pakker

powroźnik

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