galloper noun. ['galǝpǝ] L16.
[from GALLOP verb + -ER¹.]
1. A rider, esp. a huntsman, who gallops. L16.

2. A horse with special powers of galloping. M17.
b. A wooden etc. horse on a roundabout; a roundabout with such horses. M20.

3. transf. & fig. A person who proceeds at speed. Also, a gadabout. L17.

4. Chiefly Hist. A light field-gun. Also galloper-gun. M18.

5. Chiefly Hist. A military orderly. L19.

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