Copperer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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