cowper

Questions about cowper

What does cowper mean?

cowper means "English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cowper?

cowper has 2 syllables: cow-per. The stress falls on "cow". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊpɚ/.

What is another word for cowper?

Close synonyms include William Cowper, William Cowper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cowper a common word?

cowper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.