Copperhead Definition

kŏpər-hĕd
copperheads
noun
copperheads
A poisonous North American pit viper (Agkistrodon contortrix) with a copper-colored head and dark-brown cross bands.
Webster's New World
A Northerner who sympathized with the South at the time of the Civil War.
Webster's New World

Any of various types of snakes having a copper-colored head.

Wiktionary

(pejorative) Someone with ginger hair.

Wiktionary

(US, obsolete, pejorative) Any member of the Democratic party. [chiefly 1860s]

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Agkistrodon contortrix
  • Denisonia superba

Other Word Forms of Copperhead

Noun

Singular:
copperhead
Plural:
copperheads

Origin of Copperhead

  • After the dangerous copperhead snake, to which propagandists of the Republican Party compared Democrats interested in appeasement.

    From Wiktionary

  • copper +‎ head

    From Wiktionary

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