English Explanatory Dictionary

hanaper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper

Word forms

hanaper hanapers

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hanaperium (“a large vase”), extended from hanapus (“bowl, cup”). Doublet of hamper.

Related words

hanap

Derived words

an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public and the returns to them were anciently kept in a hanaper hamper
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