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coper

coper noun: one who copes. Also the alternative form of couper.

Noun (1)

coper (plural copers)

  1. One who copes.
    • And people who were adaptive copers early in life are likely to cope successfully with the losses that they encounter late in life.2001, Lawrence C. R. Snyder, Coping with Stress, page 244

Noun (2)

coper (plural copers)

  1. (UK) A floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.

Verb

coper (third-person singular simple present copers, present participle copering, simple past and past participle copered)

  1. (UK) To supply the North Sea fishing industry from a floating grogshop.

Also used as

coper is also the alternative form of couper.

Forms of coper

Noun
pluralcopers
alternative formcooper
Verb
third-person singular presentcopers
present participlecopering
past participlecopered
pastcopered

Origin of coper

From cope + -er.

Related to Dutch kopen (“to buy”), German Low German kopen (“to buy”). Compare copeman.

Words formed from coper

Questions about coper

What does coper mean?
Coper means one who copes.
What part of speech is coper?
Coper can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of coper?
The plural of coper is copers.

Words near coper in the dictionary

  1. copepodologist
  2. copepodologists
  3. copepodology
  4. copepods
  5. copeptin
  6. coper
  7. coperas
  8. copered
  9. coperform
  10. coperformance
  11. coperformances

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