Definition of harper

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Harper (n.) A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland..

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Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced..
Rook :: Rook (n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper..
Harper :: Harper (n.) A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..
Harpist :: Harpist (n.) A player on the harp; a harper.
Shark :: Shark (v. t. & i.) A rapacious, artful person; a sharper..
Sharp :: Sharp (v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
Foist :: Foist (n.) A foister; a sharper.
Bung :: Bung (n.) A sharper or pickpocket.
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Super :: Super- () A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-..
Harper :: Harper (n.) A player on the harp; a minstrel.
Gue :: Gue (n.) A sharper; a rogue.
Shaver :: Shaver (n.) One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
Bite :: Bite (v.) A sharper; one who cheats.
Cogger :: Cogger (n.) A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.
Biter :: Biter (n.) One who cheats; a sharper.
Cony-catcher :: Cony-catcher (n.) A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver.
Pigeon :: Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
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