shaper

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈʃeɪpə(ɹ)/

Definition of shaper

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (agent)Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.
    “one's birth is a shaper of one's fortunes”
    “Considered merely as works of art, these products of the Greek imagination [i.e., Greek tragedies] satisfy our highest conception of form. […] The secret of those old shapers died with them; their wand is broken, their book sunk deeper than ever plummet sounded.”
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noun

  1. (agent)Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.
    “one's birth is a shaper of one's fortunes”
    “Considered merely as works of art, these products of the Greek imagination [i.e., Greek tragedies] satisfy our highest conception of form. […] The secret of those old shapers died with them; their wand is broken, their book sunk deeper than ever plummet sounded.”
  2. (agent)Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.
  3. (agent)Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.

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Etymology

From Middle English shapper, shapere, schapare, scaper, scheppere, schuppere, alteration (perhaps due to Old Norse skaperi, skapari) of Old English sċyppend, sċieppend (“shaper; maker; creator”), equivalent to shape + -er. Cognate with Dutch schepper, German Schöpfer, Danish skaber, Swedish skapare, Icelandic skapari.

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