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copperer

copperer noun: one who applies copper coatings.

Noun

copperer (plural copperers)

  1. One who applies copper coatings.
    • No longer is salt recovered from the Isle of Thanet, or gunpowder prepared in almost every other sizeable village; the iron-foundries are as dead as those of Sussex, and the copperers and calico bleachers have long since departed.1948, Norman Wymer, A Breath of England (book 1, page 276)

Forms of copperer

pluralcopperers

Origin of copperer

From copper + -er.

Questions about copperer

What does copperer mean?
Copperer means one who applies copper coatings.
What part of speech is copperer?
Copperer is a noun.
What is the plural of copperer?
The plural of copperer is copperers.

Words near copperer in the dictionary

  1. copperbelly
  2. Copperbelt
  3. Copperbelt Province
  4. copperbottomed
  5. coppered
  6. copperer
  7. copperers
  8. copperfasten
  9. copperfastened
  10. copperfastening
  11. copperfastens

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