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doper

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

comparative form of dope: more dope

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: comparative, form-of

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noun

Meaning 2

One who uses performance enhancing substances for competitive gain, especially illegally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

Examples

  • 2003: Sam "I can't even explain what I'm feeling right now," says CLark in rec.skiing.snowboard Would you care to point to some proof other than the Canuck's positive back in Nagano? If you are using that as a basis then all sports would be riddled with "dopers" especially XC skiing.

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noun

Meaning 3

One who frequently uses recreational drugs; a druggie; a stoner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

Examples

  • 2003: Lt. John Hadily, ICE DESTROYS LIVES-TPD DOPERS IN DENIAL in talk.politics.drugs I will keep posting the fact that if you possess drugs where I am employed and you are caught I'll throw your sorry ass in a cage where the dopers belong.
  • 2006:, Anthony Cormier, Father: 'We're here to find her body', HeradTribune.com Tamara Toy was a blue-eyed daughter of a preacher, growing up good and God-fearing but eventually getting lost along the way, falling in with dopers and felons and a petty crook who stole her heart.

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noun

Meaning 4

A person employed to apply dope solution during aircraft manufacture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English dope Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English doper From dope (adjective) + -er.

From dope (verb) + -er.