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HOPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hoper mean? 

HOPER (noun)
  The noun HOPER has 1 sense:

1. a person who hopesplay

  Familiarity information: HOPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who hopes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

only an avid hoper could expect the team to win now

Hypernyms ("hoper" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

hope (intend with some possibility of fulfilment)

hope (be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes)

hope (expect and wish)


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