roper

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
2. 2
   A ropemaker (a maker of ropes).
3. 3
   One who ropes goods; a packer.
4. 4
   Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”).
5. 5
   A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
6. 6
   An undercover informer.
7. 7
   Any of a variety of monsters with tentacles that they use to capture victims.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States.