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coop⋅er
[koo-per, koo
p-er] 
–noun
| 1. | a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to make or repair (casks, barrels, etc.). |
| 3. | to furnish or fix (usually fol. by up). |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to work as a cooper. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME couper < MLG kūper or MD cūper < ML cūpārius (L cūp(a) cask, vat + -ārius -ary )
1350–1400; ME couper < MLG kūper or MD cūper < ML cūpārius (L cūp(a) cask, vat + -ārius -ary )
Coo⋅per
[koo-per, koop-er] –noun
| 1. | Anthony Ashley. Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper. |
| 2. | Gary (Frank James Cooper), 1901–61, U.S. actor. |
| 3. | Hugh Lincoln, 1865–1937, U.S. hydraulic engineer. |
| 4. | James Fen⋅i⋅more [fen-uh-mawr, -mohr] , 1789–1851, U.S. novelist. |
| 5. | Leon N., born 1930, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972. |
| 6. | Peter, 1791–1883, U.S. inventor, manufacturer, reformer, and philanthropist. |
co-op
[n., adv. koh-op; v. koh-op, koh-op] noun, verb, -oped, -op⋅ing, adverb –noun
| 1. | a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idiom| 2. | to place in a cooperative arrangement, esp. to convert (an apartment or building) to a cooperative. |
| 3. | go co-op, to convert to a cooperative: Our apartment building is going co-op. |
Origin:
1860–65; shortened form
1860–65; shortened form
Related forms:
co-op⋅er, noun
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| coop·er (kōō'pər) n. One that makes or repairs wooden barrels and tubs. [Middle English couper, from Middle Dutch kūper, from kūpe, basket, tub; see coop.] coop'er v., coop'er·age n. |
| Coo·per (kōō'pər, kŏŏp'ər) American actor who gained fame for his portrayals of strong, quiet heroes. He won an Academy Award for Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952). |
| Cooper, James Fenimore 1789-1851. American novelist who is best remembered for his novels of frontier life, such as The Last of the Mohicans (1826). |
| Cooper, Peter 1791-1883. American manufacturer, inventor, and philanthropist who built the first American locomotive and founded Cooper Union (1859) in New York City, which offered free courses in the arts and sciences. |
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Cooper
Coop"er\ (?; 277), n. [From Coop.] One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.Cooper
Coop"er\, n. Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.
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