cooper:
(also called ‘hooper’; plural: ‘coopers‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a person who makes and/or repairs wooden barrels, casks and tubs (barrel, in this context, = a large, almost round, wooden tub-like bowl),
a cooper fixing a hoop on a barrel
e.g.
A cooper is also called a ‘hooper’ because of the ‘hoops’, the metal rings that keep the wooden planks used in making a barrel.
A cooper is also called a ‘hooper’ because of the ‘hoops’, the metal rings that keep the wooden planks used in making a barrel.
A wine cooper is a person who tests the quality of wine, stores it in bottles or barrels and sells it.
As the wooden barrels and other wooden utensils, such as casks, have gone out of use, the coopers who make and repair them have also gone out of work.
For an interesting article about the job of a cooper, please click here, and for an interesting article on the first cooper in a town called Middleton, please click here.
Note: ‘Cooper’, always with a capital ‘C’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Anderson Cooper, Alice Cooper, Gary Cooper, Jackie Cooper, etc. For an attractive and interesting blog post about Anderson Cooper, a journalist and TV personality, please click here. ‘Hooper’, always with a capital ‘H’, is also often found in the names of people. For example, Tom Hooper, Ben Hooper, Grace Hooper, etc. For an article that explains the origin of Copper as a surname/family name/last name, please click here.
