cobber

Meaning

1. (Australia, dated, slang) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.
2. (Australia) A sweet consisting of a small block of hard caramel covered in chocolate.

Synonyms

friend

mate

🧉

brother

👨‍👦

comrade

buster

companion

crony

dog

🐕

dude

fella

feller

fellow

guy

lad

marrow

pal

partner

shill

sort

sport

magnetic separator

electromagnetic separator

magnetic cobbing machine

magnet separator

magnetic cobber

magnetic-tube concentrator

puchito

marra

amigo

yaar

bloke

boy

👦

buddy

Translations

copain

pote

🧉

copine

Kollege

Kamerad

col·lega

Spezi

Kumpanin

Handlangerin

αδελφός

φίλος

Gesellschafterin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒbɚ/

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend, comrade”), from Hebrew חבר (ḥāḇēr, “friend”), possibly via Dutch gabber; alternately, perhaps from the British dialectal term cob (“take a liking to”), or a conflation of both. The suggestion that it is a self-referential collective term for convicts and immigrants who departed for Australian shores from the Irish port of Cobh seems chronologically unlikely.