Galloper \Gal"lop*er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, gallops.
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2. (Mil.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly
mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
--Farrow.
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{Galloper gun}, a light gun, supported on a galloper, --
formerly attached to British infantry regiments.
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