Definition of Ramper

1. one who ramps [n -S] - See also: ramps

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ramper

rampant arch
rampantly
rampart
ramparted
ramparting
rampartless
rampartlike
ramparts
rampauge
rampauged
rampauges
rampaunt
rampe
ramped
ramped up
ramper (current term)
rampers
rampick
rampicks
rampier
rampiers
rampike
rampikes
ramping
ramping up
rampings
rampion
rampion bellflower
rampions
rampire

Literary usage of Ramper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. French Roots and Their Families: A Synthetic Vocabulary Based Upon by Eugene Pellissier (1886)
"Rappe ramper (vn), Flem. rapen to creep, to crawl; to cringe. [same root] rampe (/.) flight of steps ; bannisters ; slope ; foot-lights. ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"ramper.—(i) The Ermine Street, the Roman way leading from Lindum, Lincoln, ... ramper-jack was much used in former days, and is still occasionally employed ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"F. ramper, 'to creep, run, crawl, or traile itself along the ground ; also, ... Scheler, following Diez, says that the old sense of F. ramper was to clamber ..."

4. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"To creep (to behave with servility), ramper. To t-rfep, to creep on (to walk slowly ... I call that cringing, j'appelle cela ramper — taire des bassesses. ..."

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