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souper

Syllables: soup·erUK/ˈsuːpə/US/ˈsupɚ/

souper noun: someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism.

Noun

souper (plural soupers)

  1. (Ireland, historical) Someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism.
  2. (Ireland, historical) A (former) Catholic who converted to Protestantism in order to gain such food.
    • Croghan Soupers
    Synonyms:
    swaddler

Synonyms of souper

Forms of souper

pluralsoupers

Origin of souper

From soup + -er.

Phrases with souper

Words that rhyme with souper

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Questions about souper

What does souper mean?
Souper means someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism.
What part of speech is souper?
Souper is a noun.
How do you pronounce souper?
Souper is pronounced /ˈsupɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of souper?
The plural of souper is soupers.

Words near souper in the dictionary

  1. soupe maigre
  2. soupe-maigre
  3. souped
  4. souped up
  5. souped-up
  6. souper
  7. souperism
  8. soupers
  9. soupes-maigres
  10. soupfin
  11. soupfins

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