Cooper meaning

ko͝o'pər
A person whose work is making or repairing barrels and casks.
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A person who makes or repairs wooden barrels and tubs.
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To make or repair (barrels and casks)
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(born Frank James Cooper) 1901-61; U.S. film actor.
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A person who makes or repairs wooden barrels and tubs.
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A male given name, transferred from the surname.
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1789-1851; U.S. novelist.
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1791-1883; U.S. inventor, industrialist, & philanthropist.
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A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
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(now rare) To make and repair barrels etc.
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An English occupational surname​ derived from cooper.
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Origin of cooper

  • Middle English couper from Middle Dutch kūper from kūpe basket, tub coop
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Middle English couper from Middle Dutch kūper from kūpe basket, tub coop
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • coop +‎ -er
    From Wiktionary

Cooper Sentence Examples

  • Cooper, In The National, 29, P. 364; " Recent Canadian Fiction," By L.

  • He is probably best known, however, as the founder of the Cooper Union (q.v.).

  • Sir Astley Cooper Key >>

  • Raymond, Peter Cooper (Boston, 1900).

  • Upon the restoration of the parliament on the 26th of December Cooper was one of the commissioners to command the army, and on the 2nd of January was made one of the new council of state.

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