copter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of copter
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Tested in Singapore in January, the system lets a copter crew launch a drone, control it from the cockpit and receive live footage to locate an area or a target without putting themselves at risk.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Migrants, some wearing shorts and flip-flops, clung to their rescuers as they were pulled up into the copter.
From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2023
The small drone copter flits around Mars as an aerial complement to the rover's ground-based observatory.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2022
The clouds hung low, so the copter hugged close to the sandstone cliffs that rise from this green island, which gets about 80 inches of rain and 60 inches of snowfall every year.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021
Mel Willard had set the bubble copter down midway between some trees and the lake.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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