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copland en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Perhaps from obsolete cop (“summit, hilltop”) + land.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.
    • For th'surface of a soyle, a Copland, Copland cry , Till to your shouts the Hills with Ecchoes all reply. 1622, Michael Drayton, A Chorographicall Description of All the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests, and other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britain, page 64:

copland en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From cop (“police officer”) + land.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The world of police officers and police activity.
    • Last he'd heard, Aoki was in line for a jump to Homicide, the Holy Grail in copland. 2010, C.B. Forrest, Slow Recoil:
    • The other had a face that Rodney Glass would never forget. Not since they'd been nose to nose in that interview room in copland. 2012, James Patterson, Kill Alex Cross, page 462:
    • When that thirteen alarm sounded, everything in copland stopped, all focus was on the radio for the coordinates. 2007, Randy Jurgensen, Robert Cea, Circle of Six: The True Story of New York's Most Notorious Cop Killer and the Cop who Risked Everything to Catch Him.: