coper

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noun

One who copes.

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Meanings

coper1

nouncoper (plural copers)

plural copers

  1. One who copes.

    And people who were adaptive copers early in life are likely to cope successfully with the losses that they encounter late in life.

    2001, Lawrence C. R. Snyder, Coping with Stress, page 244

coper2

nouncoper (plural copers)

plural copers · alternative cooper

  1. UKA floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.
verbcoper (third-person singular simple present copers, present participle copering, simple past and past participle copered)

present singular third person copers · participle present copering · participle past copered · past copered · alternative cooper

  1. UKTo supply the North Sea fishing industry from a floating grogshop.

coper3

nouncoper (plural copers)

plural copers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of couper (“a dealer in animals”).

Origin

coper · noun

  1. Old Frenchcouper
  2. Englishcope
  3. Englishcoper

From cope + -er.

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coper · noun, verb

Related to Dutch kopen (“to buy”), German Low German kopen (“to buy”). Compare copeman.

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Translations

Spanish sobrellevador, aguantador
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Cite this entry
APA

coper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coper

MLA

“coper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coper.

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