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   Harper (härpˈẽr), n. [AS. hearpere.]
   1. A player on the harp; a minstrel.
   
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   The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . .
   
   Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Longfellow.
   
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   2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.  B. Jonson.
   
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