gallopern.
/ˈɡaləpə/, U.S. /ˈɡæləpər/ 1.
a. A horse which has special powers of galloping.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > gallop > that gallops
galloper1650
1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vii. 60 He loved her above all the Horse in his Stables, she being an excellent galloper.
1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) III. 114 I believe that some of the Gallopers of this Country..will outdo..the swiftest Horse that was ever bred in Turkey or Barbary.
1845 R. Browning How they brought Good News in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics iv. 3 I saw my stout galloper Roland.
1886 St. 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.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round > horse or car
hobby-horse1741
flying boat1784
dobby1879
galloper1945
1945 Archit. Rev. 97 50/2 These gallopers continued without competitors for more than thirty years.
1945 Archit. Rev. 97 50/2 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.
1968 D. 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.
1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. vii. 122 Both ‘Galloper’ and switchback had a fixed centre.
2. One who gallops on horseback, esp. of hunters.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > rapid > at specific pace
galloper1575
canterer1820
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiv. 35 The galloppers, prickers, and huntsmen on horsebacke seyng their houndes strong enough..shall then beginne to enter and to teach them.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 68 With the hounds quicksenting, with pricking galloper horsman.
1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant 33 We..cou'd neither see nor hear the least News of our Gallopers.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 254 The Sub-Prior..without having any farther interview with Christie the galloper, answered by giving the promise.
1871 Daily News 22 Sept. One galloper found himself in the bottom of a muddy ditch, with his horse directly on top of him.
3. Military. An aide-de-camp, or orderly officer.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officer conveying orders
orderly sergeant1727
orderly corporal1802
galloper1871
1871 Daily News 18 Sept. The group of generals, field officers, and dashing gallopers.
1896 Daily News 5 Feb. 5/4 Sir John Willoughby..appointed me ‘galloper’, or volunteer orderly officer to him.
4. figurative. One who proceeds at great speed. Also one who gads about.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > rapid
poster1538
gallopera1693
popper1760
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering idly > one who
roilera1450
vaguer15..
gadder?1548
street-gadder1574
gadfly1605
gallopera1693
rouseabout1746
gadabout1757
gadabroad1810
meanderer1887
a1693 M. Bruce Good News in Evil Times (1708) 31 Thou art..now a Galloper in the ways of God.
1695 W. Congreve Love for Love i. i. 14 Well Lady Galloper, how does Angelica?
1713 R. Steele in Guardian 12 Aug. 2/1 If abroad, I am a gaggling Goose; when I return, You are a fine Galloper; Women, like Cats, should keep the House.
1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. iv. 12 There is not a galloper 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 attributive in galloper carriage, galloper-gun.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces
falcon1496
falconet15..
field piece1544
fowler1548
fielding piece1565
falcon shot1598
field cannon1638
field gun1645
field culverin1659
galloper1746
Napoleon1862
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun]
stock1496
carriage1562
sea-carriage1669
gun-carriage1769
devil carriage1794
devil-cart1797
sleigh1797
galloper carriage1802
garrison-carriage1872
galloping carriage1883
1746 Rep. Cond. Sir J. Cope 45 Assembled at Sterling with four Cohorns, four ‘Gallopers’, Provisions, &c.
1802 Duke of Wellington Jrnl. in Dispatches (1837) 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.
1803 G. Lake in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 405 As many of the field pieces as could be brought up, with the gallopers attached to the cavalry, formed four different batteries.
1847 M. M. Sherwood Life xxvi. 438 He was now engaged in drawing up six-pound gallopers, and forming a battery.
1876 J. Grant Hist. India I. lv. 280/2 When Tippoo opened a..cannonade from fifteen of his light galloper guns.
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