¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Croupers
1. crouper [n] - See also: crouper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croupers
Literary usage of Croupers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Word-book, Dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"... and croupers brake.' Malory's Arthur (ed. 1634), eh 133, p. 244. 'Let the
beasts head be tyed vnto a ..."
2. David and His Friends: A Series of Revival Sermons by Louis Albert Banks (1900)
"Neither the croupers nor the porters will tell you about it. If you ask them they
will smile incredulously, and shake their heads. ..."
3. The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby (1879)
"... pedlars with their packs, horse-croupers, pig-merchants, itinerant venders of
crockery and cutlery, wandered promiscuously among the mingled groups, ..."
4. Certificate of Musters in the County of Somerset: Temp. Eliz. A. D. 1569 by Somerset (England) (1904)
"... (chest protectors) and croupers. Some used tocks, a long narrow sword for
thrusting only, very conveniently worn under the thigh. ..."
5. Manly Exercises: Containing Rowing, Sailing, Riding, Driving, Racing by Donald Walker, John William Carleton (1856)
"... exalted by their chronicler (Fitzstephen the monk,) to Olympic honors, were
nothing more than exhibitions, by rival horse-croupers, of the mettle, ..."
Other Resources:
