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Webster 1913 Edition


Cupper

Cup′per

(kŭp′pẽr)
,
Noun.
[Fropm
cup
.]
One who performs the operation of cupping.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cupper

CUPPER

,
Noun.
[from cup.] One who applies a cupping-glass; a scarifier.

Definition 2024


cupper

cupper

English

Noun

cupper (plural cuppers)

  1. (medicine, archaic) One who performs the operation of cupping.
  2. (slang) A coffee aficionado.
    • 2008 May 29, Hannah Wallace, “Do I Detect a Hint of ... Joe?”, in New York Times:
      Not every cupper understands all the fuss.
  3. (Britain, Oxford and Cambridge universities) An intercollegiate sporting competition, open to all colleges.