harper
NounUS[hahr-per]/ˈhɑrpɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms:
harpist
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- someone who plays the harpSynonyms: harpistType of musician, instrumentalist
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Harp′er (härp′ẽr), noun
Origin: 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.— Henry W. Longfellow
2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, — formerly current in Ireland. Ben Jonson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54