† caperern.1
= caper n.3, privateer.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > privateer or pirate ship > [noun] > privateer
Dunkirker1588
Dunkirk1599
she-Dunkirk1623
Dunker1630
privateer?1641
private man of war1646
caper1657
letter(s) of mart ship1695
caperera1698
letter of marque ship1703
letter(s) of mart man1704
letter of marque1768
shaving-mill1781
ship-privateer1799
sea-wolf1884
a1698 W. Row Contin. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 508 At this time our caperers set to sea.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
caperern.2
/ˈkeɪpərə/ 1. One who capers.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering > one who or that which
fiskerc1440
friskera1549
caperer1693
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires The nimble caperer on the cord.
1812 Ld. Byron Waltz x Columbia's caperers to the warlike whoop.
2. A caddis-fly (Phryganea); from its flight.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Trichoptera > family Phryganeidae or genus Phryganea > member of (caddis-fly)
mayfly1640
water moth1668
trout-fly1746
cadew1775
caddis-fly1787
caseworm fly1828
caperer1856
1856 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 3) 156 Caperers and sand-flies.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies ii. 80 Fly away as a caperer, on four fawn-coloured wings, with long legs and horns.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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