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Definition of Gallopers
1. galloper [n] - See also: galloper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallopers
Literary usage of Gallopers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1857)
"... squadron of the 19th and 7th Native Cavalry, with orders for the remainder to
follow me with the two six-pounders or gallopers attached to the 19th. ..."
2. Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819 by Edward John Lake (1825)
"The gallopers opened at the same time with shrapnels, from the position in the
... The two gallopers were removed from the Pettah, and, together with a ..."
3. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies (1818)
"... we pursued one body in advance, of about two thousand, with with the 2d rest,
of cavalry and horse artillery gallopers, but with no great effect, ..."
4. South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke (1900)
"From flank to flank the distance was so great that at times the General's gallopers
could not move their horses out of a walk, though the message was ..."
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