coop·er
/ˈko͞opər,ˈko͝opər/
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nounplural noun:
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[*]a maker or repairer of casks and barrels.
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verb3rd person present:
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[*]make or repair (a cask or barrel).
"my father coopered casks and barrels for the ships"
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Origin
Middle English
cowper, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German
kūper, from
kūpe ‘tub, vat’, based on Latin
cupa . Compare with coop.
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What does Cooper mean in England?
English: occupational name for a maker and repairer of wooden vessels such as barrels, tubs, buckets, casks, and vats, from Middle English couper, cowper (apparently from Middle Dutch kuper, a derivative of kup 'tub', 'container', which was borrowed independently into English as coop).