noun
Meaning 1
Agent noun of grope: one who gropes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: agent, form-of
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groper
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General-American: /ˈɡɹoʊpɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊpə/
noun
Meaning 2
An employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially one who performs inspections on passengers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of several marine fish, especially the Queensland groper or giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
Meaning 4
hapuku wreckfish (Polyprion oxygeneios)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English grope Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English groper From grope + -er.
Variant of grouper.