hosier

American  

[hoh-zher] / ˈhoʊ ʒər /

noun

1. a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.

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hosier British  

/ ˈhəʊzɪə /

noun

1. a person who sells stockings, etc

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Etymology

Origin of hosier

First recorded in 1375–1425, hosier is from the late Middle English word hosiare. See hose, -ier ¹

Example Sentences

The son of a hosier, he married the illiterate daughter of a Battersea market gardener.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2010

An honest hosier and draper, serge and longcloth warehouseman"—he groaned from rib to rib—"at the sign of the Gartered Kitten in the loyal town of Dulverton.

From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

In 1685 he opened a shop as a hosier in Freeman's Court, Cornhill.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Narrowly did he escape a whipping from his father, the worthy hosier, for what that matter-of-fact man could not but consider a most impudent invention on the child’s part.

From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene

He did not understand this galoche having been the sign of a hosier, nor the purport of the earthenware cask—a common cider-keg—and, to be candid, the St. Peter was lamentable with his drunkard's physiognomy.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave