Cooper (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
verb (used with object)
  1. to make or repair (casks, barrels, etc.).
  2. to furnish or fix (usually followed by up).
verb (used without object)
  1. to work as a cooper.
noun
  1. 1st, 3rd, and 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
  2. U.S. actor.
  3. U.S. hydraulic engineer.
  4. U.S. novelist.
  5. U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1972.
  6. U.S. inventor, manufacturer, reformer, and philanthropist.
noun
  1. a person skilled in making and repairing barrels, casks, etc
verb
  1. to make or mend (barrels, casks, etc)
  2. to work as a cooper
noun
  1. Anthony Ashley. See (Earl of) Shaftesbury
  2. Cary (Lynn). born 1940, British psychologist, noted for his studies of behaviour at work and the causes and treatment of stress
  3. Gary, real name Frank James Cooper. 1901–61, US film actor; his many films include Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952), for both of which he won Oscars
  4. Sir Henry. 1934–2011, British boxer; European heavyweight champion (1964; 1968–71)
  5. James Fenimore 1789–1851, US novelist, noted for his stories of American Indians, esp The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
  6. Leon Neil. born 1930, US physicist, noted for his work on the theory of superconductivity. He shared the Nobel prize for physics 1972
  7. Samuel 1609–72, English miniaturist
Cooper (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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