loper

noun

1. One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.

   “Wolves are very intelligent animals, and they are lopers and they are survivors.”

2. A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.
3. (Southwestern, US, dialectal)A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.

   “When I was still some distance above the ford, about a dozen prairie wolves and one loper* wolf ran up from the water. They told me that there were no Indians near here or they would not be here; and they were not here long, either. [...] the big loper left on a slow gallop [...] Loper, corruption of Sp. lobo, wolf.”

   “Besides the cattle company paid a bounty for each coyote, loper wolf, panther, bobcat or bear. We had to buy our own six-shooter but the company furnished ammunition free. So it can be seen why most cowboys were pretty good shots.”

name

1. A surname.