Galloper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Galloper is a noun meaning One who gallops.
Meaning
One who gallops.
More Meanings
- An aide-de-camp.
- A racehorse.
- A carousel or roundabout (especially in the plural)
- (military) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
- (Australia) The Chinamanfish, a type of snapper
Example Sentences
Lieutenant Coghill had been told to act as galloper to Colonel Glyn on the unfortunate reconnaissance made from Isandlwana Camp, on January 22, 1879
The Hussler's trainer, Ross McDonald, is confident Australia's champion galloper will win the clashes, despite Weekend Hussler never having competed over 1000m before.
a. 1898, Rudyard Kipling, "The Drums of the Fore and Aft" The lancers chafing in the right gorge had thrice dispatched their only subaltern as galloper to report on the progress of affairs.
Word Forms
- gallopers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gallivanter, racegoer, loper, walloper, canterer, jockey.
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