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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a worker who makes or adds the top to something
2: a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
3: the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them" [syn: best, topper]
4: an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before
5: a woman's short coat
6: a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur [syn: dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1688 1. one that puts on or takes off tops 2. one that is at or on the top 3. a. silk hat b. opera hat 4. something (as a joke) that caps everything preceding 5. a woman's usually short and loose-fitting lightweight outer coat

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a thing that tops. 2 colloq. = top hat (see TOP(1)). 3 colloq. a good fellow; a good sort.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Topper Top"per, n. 1. One that tops, in any sense of the verb; specif.: (a) A cover of a top layer or part. [Colloq.] (b) One that excels, surpasses, or is extraordinary of its kind. [Slang] (c) Any device for cutting off tops; as, a turnip topper. (d) One who tops steel ingots. (e) A three-square float (file) used by comb makers. 2. A top hat. [Slang or Colloq.] 3. Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; -- so called from its being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl. Also, a cigar stump. [Slang]

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A violent blow on the head.