Sc. Obs. Also 6 -ar(e. [f. COP sb.1 or coppe, CUP + -ER.] A cup-bearer.
1501. Douglas, Pal. Hon., III. lviii. Mercie is copper and mixes weill his wine.
1528. Lyndesay, Dream, Ded. 21. And, sumtyme, seware, Coppare, and Caruoure.
1513–75. Diurn. Occurr. (1833), 104. The erle of Murray, coppar, and the erle of Bothwill, sewar.
