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COPER

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cop⋅er

  [koh-per]
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–noun British.
a horse dealer.
Also called horse-coper.

Origin:
1600–10; cope 4 + -er 1
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cope 1   (kōp)   
intr.v.   coped, cop·ing, copes

  1. To contend or strive, especially on even terms or with success: coping with child rearing and a full-time job.

  2. To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them: "Facing unprecedented problems, the Federal Reserve of the early 1930s couldn't cope" (Robert J. Samuelson).


[Middle English copen, coupen, to strike, from Old French couper, from Vulgar Latin *colpāre, from Late Latin colpus, blow; see coup.]
cop'er n.
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