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  draper

  noun

  a dealer in cloth; a retail merchant or clerk who sells piece goods.
• Draper
  Draper

  noun

  Henry, 1837–82, U.S. astronomer.

draper

¹ American  

[drey-per] / ˈdreɪ pər /

noun

British.

1. a dealer in cloth; a retail merchant or clerk who sells piece goods.

2. a retail merchant or clerk who sells clothing and dry goods.

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Draper ² American  

[drey-per] / ˈdreɪ pər /

noun

1. Henry, 1837–82, U.S. astronomer.

2. his father John William, 1811–82, U.S. chemist, physiologist, historian, and writer; born in England.

3. Ruth, 1884–1956, U.S. diseuse and writer of character sketches.

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draper ¹ British  

/ ˈdreɪpə /

noun

1. a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials

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Draper ² British  

/ ˈdreɪpə /

noun

1. Henry. 1837–82, US astronomer, who contributed to stellar classification and spectroscopy

2. his father, John William. 1811–82, US chemist and historian, born in England, made the first photograph of the moon

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Draper Scientific  

/ drā′pər /

1. American astronomer who developed methods for photographing celestial objects and phenomena. He became the first to photograph a stellar spectrum (1872) and a nebula (1880).

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Etymology

Origin of draper

1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French drapier, equivalent to drap cloth + -ier -ier ²; see -er ²

Example Sentences

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Morien Morgan was born in Caroline Street, Bridgend, on 20 December 1912, the son of a draper, who went to grammar school in Cardiff.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2023

At the same time, Leeuwenhoek mostly continued with his careers as a draper and a world-renowned expert on developing microscopes.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023

The poet’s third husband was Richard Prowse, of Exeter, a prominent draper who was also the city’s bailiff, sheriff, alderman, and mayor, as well as a Member of Parliament.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 5, 2019

The son of a rich Dublin draper, Lawless further expanded his financial position by marrying the heiress of a brewer, Margaret Browne, and was made a peer.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2011

The draper sat upon the cobbles of the street, his hair lank, and a daughter of perhaps my age wandered about through the wreckage, picking up silks and attempting to drag them back inside.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

By late 2025, StubHub changed the address again, this time using its old Draper post office box number with an Atlanta ZIP Code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

In 2024, StubHub shuttered the customer-service campus it had opened to fanfare seven years earlier in Draper, Utah, cutting 297 jobs, according to a state layoff notice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Draper is one of the sport’s most ferocious young talents, considered a challenger to Sinner and Alcaraz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Draper has a wildcard entry to the Cincinnati Open, which starts next week, but the incident puts his involvement in doubt, and that of the US Open which begins on 23 August.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Last August when I was visiting my grandmother Draper in Florida, notice came that my homeroom teacher for grade six would be Mrs. Olinski.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg