[koo-per, koo
p-er] 
| 1. | a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc. |
| 2. | to make or repair (casks, barrels, etc.). |
| 3. | to furnish or fix (usually fol. by up). |
| 4. | to work as a cooper. |
[koo-per, koop-er] | 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. |
[n., adv. koh-op; v. koh-op, koh-op] noun, verb, -oped, -op⋅ing, adverb | 1. | a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc. |
| 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. |
| 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. |