| 释义 |
rouper Sc.|ˈraʊpə(r)|
Also 6 rowper.
[f. roup v. + -er1. Cf. Icel. raupari braggart.]
1. One who cries or shouts.
a1585Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 757 Ragged rowper like a raven.
2. One who sells goods by auction.
1799W. Thom Wks. 447 A rouper is pursuing his interest when he pays the bell-man to intimate his roup. |
