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stampeder N. Amer.|stæmˈpiːdə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
1. One who takes part in a sudden or unreasoning rush of persons, esp. for gold.
1859E. H. N. Patterson Jrnl. 22 May in L. Hafen Overland Routes to Gold Fields (1942) 143 In anything that I may have heretofore written that might be deemed disparaging of the ‘stampeders’, I do not wish to be understood as intentionally unjust or uncharitable. 1884Century Mag. Oct. 844/2 In the days of the stampeders and the toboggan trains, this was the only house on the trail. 1891Daily News 23 Sept. 5/1 In a short time we shall learn how many of Tuesday's stampeders found room in the new region. 1936N. A. D. Armstrong Yukon Yesterdays 13 No wonder that hundreds of the weaker stampeders returned to the base to take the first steamer back home! 1963Beaver (Winnipeg) Summer 42/2 Before the turn of the century, hordes of rushing stampeders..had reason to curse the savage stretch of water.
2. One who causes a stampede amongst cattle or horses.
1862Harper's Mag. Sept. 450/1 Horses..which, having been ‘hobbled’ beside the fires of their respective owners, had..escaped the notice of the stampeders. |