landlouper en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch landloper (literally “land-runner”). Merged with native English landleaper; equivalent to land + leaper.
Meanings
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(archaic) A vagabond; a vagrant.
Bands of landloupers had been employed[…]
1856, John Lothrop Moltey, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, page 594:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| landloupers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| landloper | alternative | lexicographic |