Copperhead Definition

kŏpər-hĕd
copperheads
noun
copperheads
A poisonous North American pit viper (Agkistrodon contortrix) with a copper-colored head and dark-brown cross bands.
Webster's New World
A Northerner who sympathized with the South at the time of the Civil War.
Webster's New World

Any of various types of snakes having a copper-colored head.

Wiktionary

(pejorative) Someone with ginger hair.

Wiktionary

(US, obsolete, pejorative) Any member of the Democratic party. [chiefly 1860s]

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Agkistrodon contortrix
  • Denisonia superba

Other Word Forms of Copperhead

Noun

Singular:
copperhead
Plural:
copperheads

Origin of Copperhead

  • After the dangerous copperhead snake, to which propagandists of the Republican Party compared Democrats interested in appeasement.

    From Wiktionary

  • copper +‎ head

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Copperhead Sentence Examples

  • Among venomous snakes the harlequin, or coral snake (Elaps fulvius) is common along the coast; the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) along the wooded banks of creeks and rivers; the cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), in all parts of the state except the more arid districts; the "sidewiper," or massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus consors, sometimes called Crotalophorus tergeminus) and the ground rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius), in all sections.

  • In the Western states early in 1863 the terms "Copperhead" and "Democrat" had become practically synonymous.

  • Of reptiles, the rattlesnake and copperhead are the only poisonous species, but numerous harmless varieties are common.

  • She shuddered as copperhead snake slid off a rock where it was sunning.

  • Link copperhead Snakes Offers copperhead snake information and photos.

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