Rĭp'ier or Rĭp'per, n.

n. [L. Lat. riparius, from Lat. ripa, bank, shore. Cf. Rip, n., 2.] (O. Law.) One who brings fish from the sea-coast to market in the inland country. [Obs.] But what's the action we are for now? Robbing a ripper of his fish? Beau. & Fl.