coper

Etymology 1

cope + -er

noun

  1. One who copes.
    And people who were adaptive copers early in life are likely to cope successfully with the losses that they encounter late in life. 2001, Lawrence C. R. Snyder, Coping with Stress, page 244

Etymology 2

Related to Dutch koopen (“to buy”). Compare copeman.

noun

  1. (Britain) A floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.

verb

  1. (Britain) To supply the North Sea fishing industry from a floating grogshop.

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