copperer

English

Etymology

From copper +‎ -er.

Noun

copperer (plural copperers)

1. One who applies copper coatings.
   • 1948, Norman Wymer, A Breath of England (book 1, page 276)

     No longer is salt recovered from the Isle of Thanet, or gunpowder prepared in almost every other sizeable village; the iron-foundries are as dead as those of Sussex, and the copperers and calico bleachers have long since departed.