Copperer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who applies copper coatings.

    "No longer is salt recovered from the Isle of Thanet, or gunpowder prepared in almost every other sizeable village; the iron-foundries are as dead as those of Sussex, and the copperers and calico bleachers have long since departed."

Example

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"No longer is salt recovered from the Isle of Thanet, or gunpowder prepared in almost every other sizeable village; the iron-foundries are as dead as those of Sussex, and the copperers and calico bleachers have long since departed."

Etymology

From copper + -er.

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