clothier

[ klohth-yer, -ee-er ]

noun

1. a retailer of clothing.
2. a person who makes or sells cloth.

clothier

/ ˈkləʊðɪə /

noun

1. a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth

Word History and Origins

Origin of clothier¹

1325–75; cloth + -ier ¹; replacing Middle English clother

Example Sentences

At Walmart, which is many peoples' grocer, clothier, and auto supply shop, long lines would cost them a lot of business.

From The Daily Beast

Serbian fashion star Rushka Bergman is cleaning up Bebe, favorite clothier of teen moms everywhere.

From The Daily Beast

In touch with Guillaume, clothier of rue Saint-Denis, who foresaw their failure and awaited "with anxiety as at a game of cards."

From Project Gutenberg

On the bank of this enchanting stream Thomas Gainsborough, the son of a simple clothier, was born.

From Project Gutenberg

Immediately I went to Locker's, the smart students' clothier, and put on a ready-made suit of clothes, of blue serge.

From Project Gutenberg

At that age he was apprenticed to a fuller and clothier, to card wool, and to dye and dress the cloth.

From Project Gutenberg

When he was quite a young man he set up in business as a clothier and draper in Holborn.

From Project Gutenberg