Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Harper"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harper \Harp"er\, n. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
harper
n : someone who plays the harp [syn: {harpist}]
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