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copperhead - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'copperhead' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Copperhead [ n.]
- A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.
- A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.