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cooper
/ˈkʊpɚ/
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What does cooper mean?
noun
- A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
- Alternative form of coper (“floating grog shop”).
verb
- Alternative form of coper (“operate as floating grog shop”).
More meanings (19)
proper noun
- An English surname originating as an occupation of cooper.
- 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.
noun
- (obsolete) A drink of half stout and half porter.
verb
- (archaic) To make and repair barrels etc.
- (obsolete, slang) To forge or imitate (writing).
- (obsolete, slang) To intentionally injure (a racehorse) to spoil its chances of winning.
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IPA pronunciation
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His own movements to and fro, wherever an enemy could approach, or was suspected, were continual, from the Cooper to the Santee.
Her crew included a first, second, and third mate, a carpenter, blacksmith, cooper, steward and cook, three boat-steerers, and twelve men before the mast.
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The management of the ship, upon this occasion, was left to Mr. Cooper, the first officer, who conducted her entirely to his commander's satisfaction.
Very honest, but simple-minded and short-sighted, this cooper, the father of five children, of whom Pierre Joseph was the eldest, passed his life in poverty.
Sir Astley Cooper mentioned a case of hernia ventriculi from external violence, wherein the diaphragm was lacerated without any fracture of the ribs.