coper

One who copes.

Noun

  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:

Origin

Etymology tree Old French couperder. English cope Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coper From cope + -er.

Forms

copers

Derived

noncoper

Noun UK

  1. A floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.

Origin

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

Forms

copers cooper

Noun alt of, alternative

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

Forms

copers

Verb

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

Forms

copers copering copered cooper