English Explanatory Dictionary

Cooper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English surname originating as an occupation of cooper.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.
  5. An unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Illinois.
  6. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Iowa.
  7. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Kentucky.
  8. A small town in Washington County, Maine.
  9. A neighbourhood in south Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  10. A locality in West Milford township, Passaic County, New Jersey.
  11. An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
  12. A city, the county seat of Delta County, Texas.
noun
  1. A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
  2. A drink of half stout and half porter.
verb
  1. To make and repair barrels etc.
  2. To forge or imitate (writing).
  3. To intentionally injure (a racehorse) to spoil its chances of winning.
noun
  1. Alternative form of coper (“floating grog shop”).
verb
  1. Alternative form of coper (“operate as floating grog shop”).

Pronunciation

/ˈkupɚ/ /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cooper.wav /ˈkʊpɚ/

Word forms

Cooper Coopers coopering coopered

Etymology

From coop + -er.

Related words

Cowper

Derived words

Coop Cooper City Cooper clover Cooper County Cooper Hewitt lamp Cooper Island Cooper pair Coopers Gully Cooper's ligament Coopers Shoot Cooper test Cooper vane Upper Coopers Creek broad cooper cooperage coopery recooper uncoopered undercooper wine cooper
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