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clothier - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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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): 🔊

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

  1. 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 33: ↩

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