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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-capper.ogg Forms: cappers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English capper; equivalent to cap + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|capper}} Middle English capper, {{suffix|en|cap|er|id2=agent noun}} cap + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} capper (plural cappers)
  1. A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles. Translations (A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles): kapseloimiskone (Finnish)
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  2. A person that makes or sells caps. Translations (A person that makes or sells caps): čepičář [masculine] (Czech), hatuntekijä (Finnish), hattumaakari (Finnish), Hutmacher [masculine] (German), بوركجی (börkcü) (Ottoman Turkish)
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  3. A finale; something that is conclusively better, or "caps it all off". Synonyms: cherry on the cake, icing on the cake Translations (A finale): huippukohta (Finnish), коне́ц (konéc) [masculine] (Russian)
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  4. (US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers. Tags: US, dated, slang
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Related terms: milliner
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-capper.ogg Forms: cappers [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviated form of capture + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||er|id2=agent noun}} + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} capper (plural cappers)
  1. (Internet slang) A person who records a television broadcast to their computer. Tags: Internet
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-capper.ogg Forms: cappers [plural]
Etymology: From cap + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cap|-er|id1=lie|id2=agent noun}} cap + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} capper (plural cappers)
  1. (slang) A person who caps i.e. is inclined to untruth, a fibber. Tags: slang
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Etymology number: 3

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈkapər(ə)/ Forms: cappers [plural]
Etymology: From cappe + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|cappe|-er}} cappe + -er Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} capper, {{enm-noun|cappers}} capper (plural cappers)
  1. capper (maker of caps or other headgear) Categories (topical): Headwear, Occupations, People Synonyms: cappere, capyare, kapiare, capere, capier

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