Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ripler \Rip"ler\, Ripper \Rip"per\, n. [Cf. {Rip} a basket, or
   {Riparian}.] (O.E. Law)
   One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland
   towns. [Obs.]

         But what's the action we are for now ? Robbing a ripper
         of his fish.                             --Beau. & Fl.