- hearpere
- m (-es/-as) harper
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Harper — Harp er (h[aum]rp [ e]r), n. [AS. hearpere.] 1. A player on the harp; a minstrel. [1913 Webster] The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. A brass coin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harper — /hahr peuhr/, n. 1. a person who plays the harp. 2. a person who harps on a subject. 3. Numis. harp (def. 5). [bef. 900; ME; OE hearpere. See HARP, ER1] * * * (as used in expressions) Harper brothers Harper s Magazine Lee Harper * * * ▪ Liberia … Universalium
Harcourt — This name is of locational origin either from the town and ancient chateau of Harcourt near Brionne in Normandy so called from the Olde French cour(t) meaning a court, plus an obscure first element, or from Harcourt near Cleobury Mortimer in… … Surnames reference
Harpin — This unusual and interesting name is the Olde French form of the occupational surname more familiar today as Harper or Harpour . The name means the harp player , and derives in English from the Olde English pre 7th Century word hearpere , in… … Surnames reference
harper — O.E. hearpere, agent noun from HARP (Cf. harp) (v.). As a surname, from late 12c … Etymology dictionary
