English Explanatory Dictionary

Kopite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fan of the English football team Liverpool F.C..
  2. A fan of Liverpool F.C. who exhibits loutish behaviour, football hooliganism, or poor sportsmanship.

Word forms

Kopite Kopites

Etymology

From kop + -ite. In 1906, the banked stand at one end of the team's ground was formally named after Spion Kop, a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where many Liverpudlians were killed in the Second Boer War.

Synonyms

Red
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