haberdasher
Meaning
- A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods.
- (US) A men's outfitter.
- (British) A member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a livery company.
Synonyms
Translations
mercero
merciaio
mercier
Posamentenmacherin Posamentiererin Herrenausstatter Posamentierer Posamentenmacher
telaire sedaire Textilienhändler draperPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhæb.ə(ɹ)ˌdæʃ.ə(ɹ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English, 13th century. Uncertain but may derive from Anglo-Norman habertas (“small goods”).
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