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Definition of Landloper
1. n. Same as Landlouper.
Definition of Landloper
1. Noun. (alternative form of landlouper) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Landloper
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Landloper
Literary usage of Landloper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Folk-Etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions Or Words Perverted in by Abram Smythe Palmer (1882)
"Iia landloper as the Dutchman saith, wanderer." — Howell, Fain. Letters, 1650.
Icel. ... a vagabond, landloper, ..."
2. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"[See landloper.] A runagate; one who runs his country; ... [Qu. from landloper.]
A term of reproach among seamen for one who posses his life on land. ..."
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