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doper

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See also: döper and døper

English

Etymology 1

From dope (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

doper (plural dopers)

  1. (derogatory) One who uses performance enhancing substances for competitive gain, especially illegally.
    • 2003: Sam "I can't even explain what I'm feeling right now," says CLark in rec.skiing.snowboard
      Would you care to point to some proof other than the Canuck's positive back in Nagano? If you are using that as a basis then all sports would be riddled with "dopers" especially XC skiing.
    • 2006, Matt Seaton, Tour de farce, Guardian Unlimited:
      ...the testers are always in a race with the dopers and usually playing catch-up.
  2. (derogatory) One who frequently uses recreational drugs; a druggie; a stoner.
    • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, page 375:
      That crafty old doper breaks out a "stick" of "tea" and they sit in the sun handing it back and forth, offering the waiter a hit...
    • 2003: Lt. John Hadily, ICE DESTROYS LIVES-TPD DOPERS IN DENIAL in talk.politics.drugs
      I will keep posting the fact that if you possess drugs where I am employed and you are caught I'll throw your sorry ass in a cage where the dopers belong.
    • 2006:, Anthony Cormier, Father: 'We're here to find her body', HeradTribune.com
      Tamara Toy was a blue-eyed daughter of a preacher, growing up good and God-fearing but eventually getting lost along the way, falling in with dopers and felons and a petty crook who stole her heart.
  3. (dated) A person employed to apply dope solution during aircraft manufacture.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From dope (adjective) +‎ -er.

Adjective

doper

  1. comparative form of dope: more dope

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Pronunciation

Verb

doper

  1. second-person singular imperative of doprat

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dôpere, from Old Dutch dōperi. Equivalent to dopen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdoː.pər/
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  • Hyphenation: do‧per
  • Rhymes: -oːpər

Noun

doper m (plural dopers, no diminutive)

  1. baptiser, one who baptises
  2. (historical) Anabaptist [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: anabaptist, doperse, herdoper, wederdoper

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: dooper

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English dope.

Pronunciation

Verb

doper

  1. to dope; to do doping
  2. to boost (one's performance by doping)

Conjugation

Conjugation of doper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
More information infinitive, simple ...

Derived terms

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