[f. CUP sb. and v. + -ER1.]

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  † 1.  = CUP-BEARER. Obs.

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14[?].  Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 572/46. Cipharius, ance a cuppere, or a dysshere.

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c. 1566.  in R. Chambers, Life Jas. I. (1830), I. i. 30. To the Queenis Majesty the Earl of Huntlie was carver,… the Earl of Cassilis cupper.

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1652.  Earl Monm., trans. Bentivoglio’s Hist. Relat., 58. The Carvers, Cuppers, and Suers.

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  2.  One who performs the operation of cupping: see CUP v. 1, CUPPING 1.

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1812.  London Direct., Atkinson, J., Cupper.

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1848.  Thackeray, Van. Fair, lxi. The bleeders and cuppers come.

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