hoper (1)

[Eng. hop (e); -er.] One who hopes; one who has hopes. "I except all hopers."- Swift. IMG:content-1271.png:[blocks in formation] "We hope no other from your majesty." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II ., v. 2. *2. To expect; to fear. "Our manciple I hope he wol be deed." Chaucer: C. T., 4,027. 3. To entertain hopes; to look forward with hope to the obtaining of something. "Those that vainly hoped kind heaven would wink." Dryden: Astrea Redux, 185.