Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Harper \Harp"er\, n. [AS. hearpere.]
   1. A player on the harp; a minstrel.

            The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand
            like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their
            bosoms.                               --Longfellow.

   2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly
      current in Ireland. --B. Jonson.

Source : WordNet®

harper
     n : someone who plays the harp [syn: {harpist}]