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vamper en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈvæmpə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From vamp + -er.

Meanings

1. One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.
   • Cibber, a vamper of other men’s plays, has borrowed from it his favourite Nonjuror, and applied it to the purposes of a political party. 1833, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs, Charles Knight, London, page 98

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
vampers	Number=Plur		lexicographic

vamper en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈvæmpə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Compare vaunt.

Meanings

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
   • The temple of thy body, look with scorn, Why doth that vamper'd glution eat no more 1764, Charles Churchill, The Times:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
vampers	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
vampering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
vampered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
vampered	Tense=Past		lexicographic