Definitions for harper
harp·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. harpist, harpernoun

   someone who plays the harp

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. harpernoun

   A harpist.

2. Harpernoun

   for a player of the harp.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harpernoun

   A player on the harp.

   Etymology: from harp.

   Never will I trust to speeches penn’d,
   Nor to the motion of a schoolboy’s tongue;
   Nor wooe in rhime, like a blind harper ’s song. William Shakespeare.

   I’m the god of the harp: stop, my fairest: —— in vain;
   Nor the harp, nor the harper, could fetch her again. Thomas Tickell.

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1. harper

   A harper is an individual who plays the harp, a stringed musical instrument. The term also has historical and cultural meanings relating to traditional folklore, where the harper held an important role in medieval society. In modern times, it may also refer to a person's surname.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harpernoun

   a player on the harp; a minstrel

2. Harpernoun

   a brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland

3. Etymology: [AS. hearpere.]

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1. Harper

   Harper, released in the UK as The Moving Target, is a 1966 film based on Ross Macdonald's novel The Moving Target and adapted for the screen by novelist William Goldman, who was a big admirer of Ross MacDonald. The film stars Paul Newman as the eponymous Lew Harper. Goldman received a 1967 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. The film captures elements of the traditional "buddy" film. The film also pays homage to the Humphrey Bogart films by bringing Bogart's wife Lauren Bacall into the story. She plays the role of the wounded and woeful wife, the person most concerned with a missing husband, a role similar to the character General Sternwood in the Bogart and Bacall 1946 movie The Big Sleep. In 1975, Newman reprised the role in The Drowning Pool.

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1. harper

   Song lyrics by harper -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by harper on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HARPER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Harper is ranked #245 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Harper surname appeared 124,461 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 42 would have the surname Harper.
   
   67.9% or 84,509 total occurrences were White.
   26.2% or 32,634 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 2,937 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.3% or 2,875 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.7% or 896 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 610 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Musician

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How to pronounce harper?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say harper in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of harper in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of harper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of harper in a Sentence

1. Pollster Nanos:

   It's a massive risk but what else is he going to run on? the Conservatives have built their successful franchise on Stephen Harper and the economy. If they're not strong on both of those elements, then it's going to be a very difficult election for them.

2. Sam Therrell:

   I'm very worried and have been for a long time, obviously Harper Lee's still in grief over Alice's death. I worry that Harper Lee's given up, perhaps.

3. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau:

   ?To those who are involved and listen to this movie, this is in retaliation for Afghanistan and because (Canadian Prime Minister Stephen) Harper wants to send his troops to Iraq.

4. Michael Byers:

   Mr. Harper was Prime Minister for nine years and he never received that honor, mr. Trudeau has been Prime Minister for four months and he's receiving that honor. That speaks volumes.

5. Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin:

   We are not prepared to say what Christopher Harper Mercer did in the classroom.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=harper
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Harper
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=harper
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harper
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=harper
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=harper