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Yiddish
Etymology
From כאַפּן (khapn) + ־ער (-er).
Noun
כאַפּער • (khaper) m, plural כאַפּערס (khapers)
- grabber (one who grabs)
- (historical) Someone who kidnapped Jewish boys to fill quotas for the Russian Empire's cantonist schools.