a person or animal that steps, esp a horse or a dancer
stepper in American English
(ˈstɛpər)
noun
a person or animal that steps, usually in a specified manner, as a dancer or a horse
stepper in American English
(ˈstepər)
noun
1.
a person or animal that steps, esp. a horse that lifts its front legs high at the knee
2. informal
a dancer
Word origin
[1825–35; step + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, relativity, spiritualism, structural, torque-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'stepper' in a sentence
stepper
Components include a rower, stepper, twister and cycle.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Run up hills or use a stair-stepper for cardio to maximise shaping.
The Sun (2010)
Since the credit crunch, the plight of the second stepper has become more prevalent.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I have replaced the idle speed stepper motor.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Watch her from behind when she's on the stepper and nothing wobbles.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
When his toolbox isn't handy, he uses the stairs in his home as a stepper.