DCHP-1 Online
loper [< lope move with an easy, bounding gait + - er] West 
n. a mixture of Canadian French, Cree and, sometimes English spoken by the Métis of the older generation.
See also: Coyote (def. 1)
- 1963 The few ranchers . . . had overcome . . . the depredation of the "lopers," the grey wolves of the plains.
- 1963 The few ranchers . . . had overcome . . . the depredation of the "lopers," the grey wolves of the plains.