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Copperhead
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; - called also copper-belly, and red viper.
(2):
(n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Copperhead'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/copperhead.html. 1828.