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copperhead¹

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From copper + head.

noun copperheads

  1. A venomous pit viper of species Agkistrodon contortrix, found in parts of North America.
  2. A water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
  3. A Chinese copperhead (Deinagkistrodon acutus), a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
  4. Any Australian copperhead (Austrelaps spp.), a venomous elapid found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
  5. A copperhead rat snake (Coelognathus radiatus, syn. Elaphe radiata), a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
  6. derogatory Someone with ginger hair.

Copperhead²

Where it comes from

After the dangerous copperhead snake, to which propagandists of the Republican Party compared Democrats interested in appeasement.

noun Copperheads

  1. US, historical, slang A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.

    Similar: Peace Democrat

  2. US, derogatory, historical Any member of the Democratic party.

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"copperhead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/copperhead. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{copperhead_2026,
  title = {copperhead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/copperhead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}