copperer

Etymology

From copper + -er.

copperer means one who applies copper coatings. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

One who applies copper coatings.“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.”