Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HARPER
n.A player on the harp.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
harper
harp er |ˈhärpər ˈhɑrpər | ▶noun a musician, esp. a folk musician, who plays a harp.
Harper, Stephen
Harp er, Stephen |ˈhärpər ˈhɑrpər | (1959 –), Canadian Conservative statesman; prime minister since 2006; full name Stephen Joseph Harper.
Harpers Ferry
Har pers Fer ry |ˈhärpərz ˈhɑrpərz ˌfɛri | a small town in far northeastern West Virginia, at the junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. It is noted for a raid in October 1859 in which John Brown and a group of abolitionists captured a Federal arsenal located here.
Oxford Dictionary
harper
har ¦per |ˈhɑːpə | ▶noun a musician, especially a folk musician, who plays a harp.
Harper, Stephen
Harper, Stephen |ˈhɑːpə | (b.1959 ), Canadian Conservative statesman, Prime Minister since 2006; full name Stephen Joseph Harper.
Harpers Ferry
Har ¦pers Ferry |hɑːpəzˈfɛri | a small town in Jefferson County, West Virginia. It is famous for a raid in October 1859 in which John Brown and a group of abolitionists captured a Federal arsenal located there.
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