rouper Sc.
(ˈraʊpə(r))
Also 6 rowper.
[f. roup v. + -er1. Cf. Icel. raupari braggart.]
1. One who cries or shouts.
| a 1585 Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 757 Ragged rowper like a raven. |
2. One who sells goods by auction.
| 1799 W. Thom Wks. 447 A rouper is pursuing his interest when he pays the bell-man to intimate his roup. |