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Cooper¹
- /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈkupɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈkʉːpə(ɹ)/ Australia, New Zealand
proper noun Coopers
- An English surname originating as an occupation of cooper. The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches, Pomf
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Kentucky.
- A small town in Washington County, Maine.
- A neighbourhood in south Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- A locality in West Milford township, Passaic County, New Jersey.
- An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Delta County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas.
- A number of townships, listed under Cooper Township.
- A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
- Ellipsis of Cooper County
cooper²
- /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/
- /ˈkʊpɚ/ US, dialectal
Rhymes with -uːpə(ɹ)
noun coopers
- A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs. They were nearly all whalemen; chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and brawny company, with bosky beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing monkey jackets for morning gowns.
- A drink of half stout and half porter.
verb coopers · coopering · coopered
- To make and repair barrels etc.
- To forge or imitate (writing). […] though, owing to his forged signatures having been too often detected, he was declared to be "a duffer at coopering a monekur."
- To intentionally injure (a racehorse) to spoil its chances of winning. Every design that villainy could suggest was had recourse to in the hopes of nobbling Wild Dayrell; but never being left for an hour by either his trainer or jockey, he escaped the intended 'coopering', even when the lynchpins of the wheels of his van had been tampered with.
cooper³
- /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/
- /ˈkʊpɚ/ US, dialectal
Rhymes with -uːpə(ɹ)
noun coopers
- Alternative form of coper (“floating grog shop”).
verb coopers · coopering · coopered
- Alternative form of coper (“operate as floating grog shop”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: barrel maker, copper, coop, omer, fay, santee, koper, morton, ashley, astley, kober, blom, smith, russell, miller, cartwright
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noun craftsman
| Español | tonelero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 통메장이 tongmejang'i, 통장수 tongjangsu |
| 日本語 | 桶屋 okeya |
| 中文 | 桶工 tǒnggōng, 桶匠 tǒngjiàng |
| Português | tanoeiro |
| Français | tonnelier |
| Deutsch | Küfer, Böttcher, Fassbinder, Fassküfer, Fassmacher, Wannenmacher |
| Italiano | bottaio |
| Ελληνικά | βαρελάς varelás |
| Română | dogar |
| Русский | бо́ндарь bóndarʹ, бонда́рь bondárʹ, боча́р bočár |
| עברית | חַבְתָן khavtan |
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title = {cooper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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