n. [ AS. hearpere. ] 1. A player on the harp; a minstrel. [ 1913 Webster ]
The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]