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rouper Sc.|ˈraʊpə(r)| Also 6 rowper. [f. roup v. + -er1. Cf. Icel. raupari braggart.] 1. One who cries or shouts.
a1585Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 757 Ragged rowper like a raven. 2. One who sells goods by auction.
1799W. Thom Wks. 447 A rouper is pursuing his interest when he pays the bell-man to intimate his roup. |