loperEtymologyFrom American Spanish lobo (“wolf”) (/ˈloβo/), reinterpreted as or conflated with loper (“one who lopes”); compare the alternative forms which reflect other re-interpretations and conflations.loper means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.nameA surname.nounOne who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.“Wolves are very intelligent animals, and they are lopers and they are survivors.”A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.“When I was still some distance above the ford, about a dozen prairie wolves and one loper* wolf ran up from the water. They told me that there were no Indians near here or they would not be here; and they were not here long, either. [...] the big loper left on a slow gallop [...] Loper, corruption of Sp. lobo, wolf.”