Masculine

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loper

Meaning

(masculine) runner
(masculine) somebody who walks
(masculine) a carpet
(masculine) bishop
(masculine) master key
(masculine) message runner, messager who runs on foot
(archaic, masculine) shoot from the roots of a plant

moedersleutel

arfil

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈloː.pər/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

lopere

In summary

From Middle Dutch lopere. Equivalent to lopen + -er. In the chess sense, likely a semantic loan from German Läufer.

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