harper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who plays the harp
    harpist.

WordNet

Harp"er noun
Etymology
AS. hearpere.
Definitions
  1. A player on the harp; a minstrel.
    The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Longfellow.
  2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913