Lexic.us

Definition of Stepper

1. Noun. A professional dancer.

2. Noun. A motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps.

3. Noun. A horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting.

Definition of Stepper

1. n. One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.

Definition of Stepper

1. Noun. A dancer. ¹

2. Noun. A person or animal that steps energetically or high. ¹

3. Noun. A kind of electric motor (a stepper motor) that advances in steps rather than smoothly. ¹

4. Noun. A device used in the manufacture of microcircuits to apply a photolithographic image repeatedly, at regular intervals (by imaging, moving a step and repeating). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stepper

1. one that steps [n -S] - See also: steps

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stepper

stepniece stepnieces stepover stepovers stepparent stepparenthood stepparenting stepparentings stepparents steppe

stepped stepped-up stepped back stepped line steppelike stepper (current term) steppers steppes stepping stepping-stone

stepping back stepping down stepping motor stepping motors stepping razor stepping stone stepping stones steppingstone steppingstones steprelationship

Literary usage of Stepper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. People You Know by George Ade (1903)
"The Effort to Convert the Work Horse Into a High-stepper ONCE there was a plain, unvarnished Yank who made his Pile in a Scrub Town situated midway between ..."

2. People You Know by George Ade (1903)
"The Effort to Convert the Work Horse Into a High-stepper ONCE there was a plain, unvarnished Yank who made his Pile in a Scrub Town situated midway between ..."

3. British Farmer's Magazine (1873)
"... appearance at Islington, our report spoke to her as " a clever stepper, which one might ride with pleasure without being the observed of all observers. ..."

Other Resources: