clothier - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
clothier (plural clothiers)
- A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
- ✤ Synonym: draper
- ✤ ‘I think she should come out of black. Let me help dress her. I know the Italian clothiers.’1
Etymology
From Middle English clothyer, an alteration of earlier clother, clothere (“a maker or seller of cloth”); equivalent to cloth + -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/
- Audio (US): 🔊
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Footnotes
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2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 33: ↩