Meanings
nounlandlouper (plural landloupers)
plural landloupers · alternative landloper
- archaicA vagabond; a vagrant.
Bands of landloupers had been employed[…]
1856, John Lothrop Moltey, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, page 594Synonyms: landleaper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA vagabond; a vagrant.
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Origin
- Dutchlandloper
- Englishlandlouper
Borrowed from Dutch landloper (literally “land-runner”). Merged with native English landleaper; equivalent to land + leaper.
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landlouper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landlouper
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