Definition of "amper"

amper¹

noun
plural ampers
1. A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
2. A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.

amper²

noun
plural ampers
1. Abbreviation of ampersand.
  Quotations
  While parseing an xml document( sax parser ), trying to replace ' | ' with ' & ' , it finds the pipe, but won't replace with amper.
  2001 July 13, JimmyMac, “java and xml”, in comp.lang.java.help‎ (Usenet)