coper

noun, verb — 3 senses

coper

noun

Etymology From cope + -er.

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:

Derived terms: noncoper

coper

verb

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

1

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

coper

noun

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

1

UK A floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.

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