stepper

noun

step·​per ˈste-pər How to pronounce stepper (audio)
: one (such as a fast horse or a dancer) that steps

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Need a two-stepper or waltz ready for the dance hall? Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025 In fact, a lot of the on-sale picks are swathed in brand-new colorways or are relatively new arrivals on the Nike scene themselves: having been released, like the Pegasus 41 stepper, within the past year or so. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 May 2025 This team enjoys historically good depth: Kitts and Sania Feagin were the big steppers in the Elite Eight, while MiLaysia Fulwiley was the Sweet 16 star, and Bree Hall paced them in the Round of 32. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 The reserve of a select group of noblemen, les talons rouges, signaled a sumptuary code, an inner circle, which explains why so many of the king’s courtiers were posed awkwardly in portraits for the purpose of displaying their trophy steppers. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stepper

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stepper was in 1835

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“Stepper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stepper. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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