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单词 rouper
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roupern.1

Brit. /ˈraʊpə/, U.S. /ˈraʊpər/, Scottish English /ˈrʌʊpər/
Forms: pre-1700 roper, pre-1700 ropper, pre-1700 rowpar, pre-1700 rowper, pre-1700 1700s– rouper, 1700s rooper.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: roup v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < roup v.2 + -er suffix1. Compare Middle Dutch roeper person who shouts, herald (Dutch roeper also regional (Flanders) in specific sense ‘auctioneer’ (19th cent.)), early modern Dutch wtroeper herald, auctioneer (Dutch uitroeper; already in Middle Dutch as uutroupere in sense ‘summoner’).
Scottish. Now historical.
A person whose belongings are sold at a roup (roup n.3). Also occasionally: an auctioneer.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > auctioneer
portsale-maker1552
crier1556
rouper1560
outcrier1577
outroper1583
vendue master1679
auctioneer1708
sale-factor1770
vendue crier1778
1560 in T. C. Wade Acta Curiae Admirallatus Scotiae (1937) 167 To the remanent cumpany of the samyn rowparis, sellaris and deliveraris of thair partis of the said pris.
1629 Brechin Test. IV. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f.376 James Burck..officiar rouper of the said bed & speit.
1695 in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (1953) 33 4 That non of the tread shall..buy skins from aney Roupers or Runners of the Country.
1733 in Rothesay Town Council Rec. (1935) II. 746 To the Clerk and officer at both roops paid equally by the Roopers..£1 16s. 0.
1799 W. Thom Wks. 447 A rouper is pursuing his interest when he pays the bell-man to intimate his roup.
1828 W. Gordon Poems 129 Horse coupers, huxter wives and bauling roupers.
1919 G. Rae Clyde & Tweed 17 Dod, hoo the rouper's hammer fa's wi' dool upon the hairt.
1997 Amer. Hist. Rev. 102 1483 Readers become familiar with a world of graveclothes makers.., wet-nurses, mantua-makers, milliners, and roupers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

roupern.2

Forms: pre-1700 rouper, pre-1700 rowper, pre-1700 rowpper.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: roup v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < roup v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare Icelandic raupari braggart.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
A person who roups (roup v.1 1a).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > person
criera1425
roupera1585
exclaimer1689
a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting Montgomerie & Polwart (Tullibardine) in A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) 172 Raggit rowpper lyk a revin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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