Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A venomous snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) of the eastern and central United States and northern Mexico, having a tan body with reddish-brown crossbands.
  • noun A Northerner who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A common venomous serpent of the United States, Trigonocephalus or Ancistrodon contortrix.
  • noun Hence During the civil war in the United States, a northern sympathizer with the rebellion: so called by the Unionists.
  • noun A term of ridicule or contempt applied to the early Dutch colonists of New York.
  • noun A private token, equal to one cent, struck in the United States during the Civil War.
  • noun In ornithology, the yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. of the western United States: so called from the reddish-yellow color of its head.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.
  • noun U.S. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One of two species of snakes, with a copper-colored head.
  • noun pejorative Someone with ginger hair.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
  • noun venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia

Etymologies

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copper +‎ head

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  • I feel like this would be the perfect word to describe a meanspirited brunette

    September 12, 2012