coper

[ koh-per ]

/ ˈkoʊ pər /

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noun British.

a horse dealer.

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Also called horse-coper.

Origin of coper

First recorded in 1600–10; cope⁴ + -er¹

Words nearby coper

copen, Copenhagen, copenhagen blue, Copenhagen interpretation, copepod, coper, Copernican, Copernican system, copernicium, Copernicus, Copernicus, Nicolaus

How to use coper in a sentence

At first Edward had better luck with his Lieutenant, a certain horse-coper or dealer.
Red Cap Tales|Samuel Rutherford Crockett
She was to sell the tobacco at a fixed price that just covered the cost, and undersold the "coper" by fifty per cent.
A Labrador Doctor|Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Before they climbed aboard, the taller man said, 'Now let us sink the coper's boat.
Chatterbox, 1905.|Various
And here is the carroty-poled urchin, George Coper, returning from work, and singing 'Home!
Our Village|Mary Russell Mitford

It was that enemy of souls, that floating grog-shop, that pirate of the North Sea, the coper.
The Lively Poll|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for coper

coper

/ (ˈkəʊpə) /

noun

a horse-dealer

Word Origin for coper

C17 (a dealer, chapman): from dialect cope to buy, barter, from Low German; related to Dutch koopen to buy

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