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Definition of Leaper
1. Noun. Someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition).
Definition of Leaper
1. n. One who, or that which, leaps.
2. n. A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
Definition of Leaper
1. Noun. Agent noun of leap; one who leaps. ¹
2. Noun. A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leaper
1. one that leaps [n -S] - See also: leaps
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaper
Literary usage of Leaper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D. D.: Late Head-master of by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1910)
"TO W. leaper NEWTON, ESQ. Rugby, February 19',. It is with the most sincere regret
that I feel myself unable to give an unqualified support to the ..."
2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"John leaper and Florence Dawson : Marriage Lie. (London), i. J59- 1746. ...
Robert leaper, of Over Kellet : Lancashire Wills at Richmond (1457- 1680), p. ..."
3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1832)
"... Hereditaments in the Trustees of the Marriage Settlement of William leaper
Newton Esquire and Henrietta his Wife, with Power of Sale. [9th August 1832. ..."
4. The Laws of the Customs: Consolidated by Direction of the Lords by Great Britain, Felix John Hamel, Great Britain Treasury (1854)
"(2) Vide eoc. 10. (3) The duties become a debt to the Crown immediately on the
importation—Com. Dig. Debt (A. 9.) leaper v. Smith—Bunb. 79. ..."
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