Definition of Peter Cooper

1. Noun. United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883).

Exact synonyms: Cooper
Generic synonyms: Industrialist, Altruist, Philanthropist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peter Cooper

Petaurist
Petaurista
Petaurista petaurista
Petauristidae
Petaurists
Petaurus
Pete Seeger
Peter's gland
Peter's pence
Peter Abelard
Peter Alexander Ustinov
Peter Behrens
Peter Carl Faberge
Peter Carl Goldmark
Peter Cooper (current term)
Peter Goldmark
Peter I
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Peter Lorre
Peter Mark Roget
Peter Medawar
Peter Minnewit
Peter Minuit
Peter O'Toole
Peter Pan
Peter Pan collar
Peter Pan syndrome
Peter Pans
Peter Paul Mauser

Literary usage of Peter Cooper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1883)
"Peter Cooper Concerning Peter Cooper and his useful and well-ordered life the world has ... Peter Cooper."

2. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1883)
"Peter Cooper Concerning Peter Cooper and his useful and well-ordered life the world has long had intimate knowledge. He was one of the most remarkable men ..."

3. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"... and Bitter Animosity Aroused Against Me — I Am Charged with Corruption—Interview with and Reply to Letter of Peter Cooper—Clarkson N. Potter's Charges. ..."

4. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"... and Bitter Animosity Aroused Against Me — I Am Charged with Corruption—Interview with and Reply to Letter of Peter Cooper—Clarkson N. Potter's Charges. ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1851)
"... commissioners in the performance of their duties in this respect. HENRY WEBSTER, PLAINTIFF, v. Peter Cooper. The decision of this court in the case of ..."

6. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, House of representatives, United States, Congress (1857)
"And it shall be lawful for the said Peter Cooper to prescribe the conditions upon ... And the said Peter Cooper, if he shall so elect in and by said act of ..."

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