Obs. [ad. Gr. κοπιάτης grave-digger, f. κοπιά-ειν to work hard, toil, f. κόπος toil.] A laborer, a toiler.
1659. H. L’Estrange, Alliance Div. Off., 452. Whether voluntary charity inclined these copiates to this office, or whether they were hirelings … I cannot determine.
