glover
noun
a person who makes or sells gloves.
glover
1 American
[gluhv-er]
/ ˈglʌv ər /
noun
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glovers
plural
Glover
2
American
[gluhv-er]
/ ˈglʌv ər /
noun
glover
British
/ ˈɡlʌvə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of glover
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at glove, -er 2
Example Sentences
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“Donald glover interviewing himself is a great example of how the skills of profilers/critics/interviewers are so undervalued,” tweeted Vulture and New York magazine critic Angelica Jade Bastién.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
When Marmol, a rookie manger, writes Molina’s name on the lineup card for the first time, he’ll be inserting a 10-time gold glover and nine-time all-star behind the plate.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
Shakespeare’s own humble origins, as the son of a Stratford glover, made him a popular democratic hero, and Abraham Lincoln liked to read from “King John” and “King Henry VIII.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 9, 2016
When you are receiving a glove light show in person, the glover controls your entire field of vision, and the performance is a very personal one-on-one experience.”
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2015
And an entry in the Bailiff's Court, dated June, 1556, describes him as "John Shakespeare, of Stratford in the county of Warwick, glover."
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman
“There are a lot of traditional oil-and-gas people that are starting to refocus on, you know, how do we attract this industry,” Glover said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Tyler Glover, chief executive of Texas Pacific, said he expected revenue from data center-related services would be “significant”—particularly sales of water to the electricity plants that power them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Glover says technology companies should bear some responsibility, suggesting they should provide headphones at railway stations or return to automatically selling them with phones.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Lethal Weapon” star Danny Glover has revealed he has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“How much food and fodder do you think Galbart Glover has laid by?”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
On YouTube, some glovers have millions of views and their own fandoms.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2015
Emerging at last through a great door, they introduced and presented to the Liverymen as though they had never seen him before Glovemaker Collett of the Worshipful Company of glovers, a tycoon of British haberdashery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Johnny did not notice what she wore, but the mantua-makers, dressmakers, milliners, glovers, and jewelers all knew that whatever Lavinia Lyte brought back from London would set Boston styles for the winter.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
These two they temper together and make into cakes, which they sell to the glovers by the name of ochre cakes, and with them they give a yellow colour to leather.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William
Were there nine glovers on the stairs," I declared roundly, "we would take you out and take you home!
From The House of the Wolf; a romance by Weyman, Stanley John
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