Noun: coffer
| Singular | coffer |
| Plural | coffers |
Sample Sentences
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"There is nothing in that," said Guido, "but a genealogy of the Carraras, drawn up by my grandfather. We have kept this little ebony coffer for the sake of its curious carving. The marriage of Cana is beautifully wrought on its lid." [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 163:]
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Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers. [1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 135:]
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c. 1610–1620 (written), 1661 (first published), Francis Bacon, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham
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He would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers.
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Hold, there is half my coffer. [c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:]
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The coffers were empty, and the first thing to be done was to devise some means by which we could raise a revenue. [1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 26:]
Nouns inflected like coffer
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”). See: Middle English Nouns '
cofre', Latin Nouns '
cophinus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κόφινος', German Nouns '
Koffer'.
Verbs referencing "coffer"
Spanish Nouns
cofre.