See Also: galloper(dictionary)

sempiternity (iou) and galloper (iou)


sempiternity (iou)



sempiternity noun. poet. & rhet. L16.
[Late Latin sempiternitas, from Latin sempiternus: see SEMPITERNAL, -ITY.]
Eternal duration, eternity, perpetuity.

galloper (iou)



galloper noun. L16.
[from GALLOP verb + -ER1.]
A rider, esp. a huntsman, who gallops. L16.
A horse with special powers of galloping. M17.
b. A wooden etc. horse on a roundabout; a roundabout with such horses. M20.
transf. & fig. A person who proceeds at speed. Also, a gadabout. L17.
Chiefly Hist. A light field-gun. Also galloper-gun. M18.
Chiefly Hist. A military orderly. L19.