Casper
Syllables: Cas·perUK/ˈkæspə/US/ˈkæspɚ/
Casper proper noun: a male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar. Also the ellipsis of Casper flip.
Proper noun
Casper (countable and uncountable, plural Caspers)
- A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.
- A city, the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.
- A mountain in Wyoming.
Noun
Casper (plural Caspers)
- A white person.
- Speed is whitey's drug, from the palefaces who cook it to the Caspers who deal it to the ofay vanilla wafers who snort or spike it.1998, Jim Goad, The Redneck Manifesto, page 128
Also used as
Casper is also the ellipsis of Casper flip.
Forms of Casper
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Caspers |
| Noun | |
| plural | Caspers |
Origin of Casper
Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost).
Words that rhyme with Casper
Questions about Casper
- What does Casper mean?
- Casper means a male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.
- What part of speech is Casper?
- Casper can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Casper?
- Casper is pronounced /ˈkæspə/ (UK).
Words near Casper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Casper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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