Roper is a craftsman who makes

rope A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly ...

s; a ropemaker. It may also refer to:

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Roper, North Carolina Roper is a town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 611 at the 2010 census. It was known as Lee's Mill (named for Thomas Lee) until 1890, when the John L. Roper Lumber Company was established in the town and it ...

, USA *

Roper River The Roper River is a large perennial river located in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory of Australia. Location and features Formed by the confluence of the Waterhouse River and Roper Creek, the Roper River rises east of Mataranka ...

, Northern Territory, Australia

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Roper (surname) Roper is an English surname. In England, people with this surname include members from the House of Roper. Members of the family have held three hereditary titles: Viscount of Baltinglass, Baron Dacre of Glanton, and Baron of Teynham. Other pe ...

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Roper v. Simmons ''Roper v. Simmons'', 543 U.S. 551 (2005), was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed while under the age of 18. The 5–4 decision ov ...

'', a decision of the United States Supreme Court *

Roper resonance The Roper resonance, also known as P11(1440) or N(1440)1/2+, is an unstable nucleon resonance with a mass of about 1,440 MeV/c2 and with a relatively wide full Breit-Wigner width Γ ≈ 300 MeV/c2. It contains three quarks (up (u) or down (d)) wit ...

, an unstable subatomic particle *

Roper Technologies Roper Technologies, Inc. (formerly Roper Industries, Inc.) is an American diversified industrial company that produces engineered products for global niche markets. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. Roper provides a wide range ...

, American industrial company *Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing *USS Roper (DD-147), an American navy ship *Roper, a style of cowboy boot with a short heel and round toe *Ropers, mascots of the Will Rogers High School *Roper, a Whirlpool Corporation brand of household appliances *Roper (band), an American Christian pop-punk band *''The Ropers'', an American sitcom *Roper (Dungeons & Dragons), a magical beast in a fantasy role playing game

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