hoper
English
Etymology
From Middle English hoper, equivalent to hope + -er.
Noun
hoper (plural hopers)
- One who hopes.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Vindication of Lord Carteret
- Our thoroughsped republick of whigs, which contains the bulk of all hopers, pretenders, expecters, and professors
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Vindication of Lord Carteret
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