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Webster 1913 Edition


Harper

Harp′er

(härp′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[AS.
hearpere
.]
1.
A player on the harp; a minstrel.
The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . .
Stand like
harpers
hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Longfellow.
2.
A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, – formerly current in Ireland.
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Harper

H`ARPER

,
Noun.
A player on the harp.