heeler

noun7

1. •
   (Australia) A dog used for cattle droving.
2. •
   The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.
3. •
   A dog that readily comes to heel.

   • If your dog is a good heeler, you'll find some competition in the obedience ring. — 1999
4. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

   • The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding. — 1886
5. •
   (US) A student journalist at Yale University.
6. •
   A quick runner.

   • That a crowd of Sydney stealers, Jockeys, pugilists and spielers Brought some horses, real heelers, Came and put us through. — 1891
7. •
   A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.