coupercowpern.

Brit.

/ˈkaʊpə/, U.S.

/ˈkaʊpər/, Scottish English

/ˈkʌʊpər/

Etymology: < coup v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

Scottish and northern dialect.

One who barters, deals, or buys and sells. Cf. coper n.¹ Now chiefly in combinations, as herring-couper, horse-couper, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > [noun]

mongereOE

chapmanc890

haberdasher1311

need doera1382

handlera1398

unfreeman1445

occupier1509

taker-up1548

trafficker1560

pliers1565

copeman1566

trader1566

copemaster1579

couper1581

drover1585

negotiator1596

merchandiser1597

coper1609

dealer1611

commercer1632

market-maker1647

general dealer1709

negotianta1774

outfitter1829

man-

1581 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §122 The halding of horses at hard meat all the Sommer season, vsed commounlie be..Cowppers.

1638 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 111 The horse which our cowpers had bought at Maton fair.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 44 (note) (Jam.) Nor are they..a match for horse-cowpers, cow-cowpers,—the people that farmers have to deal with.

1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. xiii. 232 Its visitants [were] Dutch herring-coupers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	couper
释义	coupercowpern. Brit. /ˈkaʊpə/, U.S. /ˈkaʊpər/, Scottish English /ˈkʌʊpər/ Etymology: < coup v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Scottish and northern dialect. One who barters, deals, or buys and sells. Cf. coper n.¹ Now chiefly in combinations, as herring-couper, horse-couper, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] mongereOE chapmanc890 haberdasher1311 need doera1382 handlera1398 unfreeman1445 occupier1509 taker-up1548 trafficker1560 pliers1565 copeman1566 trader1566 copemaster1579 couper1581 drover1585 negotiator1596 merchandiser1597 coper1609 dealer1611 commercer1632 market-maker1647 general dealer1709 negotianta1774 outfitter1829 man- 1581 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §122 The halding of horses at hard meat all the Sommer season, vsed commounlie be..Cowppers. 1638 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 111 The horse which our cowpers had bought at Maton fair. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 44 (note) (Jam.) Nor are they..a match for horse-cowpers, cow-cowpers,—the people that farmers have to deal with. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. xiii. 232 Its visitants [were] Dutch herring-coupers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581
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