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group⋅er

1  [groo-per]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -er, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species), -ers.
any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, esp. of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, of tropical and subtropical seas.
Origin:
1680–90; < Pg garupa, of uncert. orig.

group⋅er

2  [groo-per]
–noun
1. a member of a group, as of tourists.
2. Slang. a member of a group of usually young and single persons who rent and share a house or apartment, as at a summer resort.
Origin:
1930–35; group + -er 1
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grou·per   (grōō'pər)   
n.   pl. grouper or grou·pers
Any of various often large food and game fishes of the genera Epinephelus, Mycteroperca, and related genera, which inhabit warm seas.

[Portuguese garupa.]
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Word Origin & History

grouper 
1697, from Port. garupa, probably of South American Indian origin, perhaps from a word in Tupi.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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