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galloper|ˈgæləpə(r)|
Also 6–9 gallopper.
[f. gallop v.1 + -er1.]
1. a. A horse which has special powers of galloping.
1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low C. Warres vii. 60 He loved her above all the Horse in his Stables, she being an excellent galloper. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. III. 156, I believe that some of the Gallopers of this county..will out-do..the swiftest Horse that was ever bred in Turky or Barbary. 1845Browning How they brought the Good News, I saw my stout galloper Roland. 1886St. Stephen's Rev. 13 Mar. 11/2 She [a mare]..is a slovenly fencer, but is a fairly good galloper.
b. A wooden horse on a merry-go-round; a roundabout with such horses on it.
1945Archit. Rev. XCVII. 50/2 These gallopers continued without competitors for more than thirty years. Ibid., The real thrill of the galloper had to await the successful results of the patient toil of the steam engineers before it could be realized. 1968D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. iii. 55 Initially rating second in popularity to the ‘Gallopers’, the ‘Scenic Railway’ attained a higher point in terms of fairground architecture. Ibid. vii. 122 Both ‘Galloper’ and switchback had a fixed centre.
2. One who gallops on horseback, esp. of hunters.
1576Turberv. Venerie 35 The galloppers, prickers, and huntsmen on horsebacke seying their houndes strong enough..shall then beginne to enter and to teach them. 1583Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 99 With the hounds quick⁓senting, with pricking galloper horsman. 1696tr. Du Mont's Voy. Levant 33 We..cou'd neither see nor hear the least News of our Gallopers. 1820Scott Monast. ix, The Sub-Prior..without having any farther interview with Christie the galloper, answered by giving the promise. 1871Daily News 22 Sept., One galloper found himself in the bottom of a muddy ditch, with his horse directly on top of him.
3. Mil. An aide-de-camp, or orderly officer.
1871Daily News 18 Sept., The group of generals, field officers, and dashing gallopers. 1896Ibid. 5 Feb. 5/4 Sir John Willoughby..appointed me ‘galloper’, or volunteer orderly officer to him.
4. fig. One who proceeds at great speed. Also one who gads about.
1671M. Bruce Good News Evil T. (1708) 31 Thou art..now a Galloper in the ways of God. 1695Congreve Love for L. i. ii, Well, lady galloper, how does Angelica? 1713Steele Guardian No. 132 ⁋6 If abroad, I am a gaggling Goose; when I return, You are a fine Galloper; Women, like Cats, should keep the House. 1765Sterne Tr. Shandy VII. iv, There is not a gallopper of us all, who might not have gone on ambling quietly on his own ground.
5. A light field-gun, formerly attached to regiments; also attrib. in galloper carriage, galloper-gun.
1746Rep. Cond. Sir J. Cope 45 Assembled at Sterling with four Cohorns, four ‘Gallopers’, Provisions, &c. 1802Wellington Jrnl. in Gurw. Desp. I. 378, I received from General Stuart..information regarding the galloper carriages..I reported to the General..the state of the galloper guns of the regiments. 1803Lake in Owen Wellesley's Desp. 405 As many of the field pieces as could be brought up, with the gallopers attached to the cavalry, formed four different batteries. 1847Mrs. Sherwood Life xxvi. 438 He was now engaged in drawing up six-pound gallopers, and forming a battery. 1876J. Grant Hist. Ind. I. lv. 280/2 When Tippoo opened a..cannonade from fifteen of his light galloper guns. |