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coper en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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

Meanings

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:

Forms

Deriveds

noncoper

Translations (2)

es sobrellevador (Translations) · es aguantador (Translations)

coper en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (UK) A floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.

Forms

coper en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

coper en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of couper (“a dealer in animals”).
   alt of couper

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