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HARPERS
Noun
harpers
plural of harper
Anagrams
• Sharper, phraser, sharper
Source: Wiktionary
HARPER
Harp"er, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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