haberdasher

[ hab-er-dash-er ]

noun
  1. a retail dealer in men's furnishings, as shirts, ties, gloves, socks, and hats.

  2. Chiefly British. a dealer in small wares and notions.

Origin of haberdasher

1
1275–1325; Middle English haberdasshere, of obscure origin; compare Anglo-French habredache haberdashery, hapertas perhaps a kind of cloth

Words Nearby haberdasher

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How to use haberdasher in a sentence

  • In the other corner, by the writing-desk, stood the hatter and the haberdasher with their heads together.

    Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston Churchill
  • The haberdasher looked Mr. Magee fully in the eye, and the latter was startled by the hostility he saw in the other's face.

    Seven Keys to Baldpate | Earl Derr Biggers

British Dictionary definitions for haberdasher

haberdasher

/ (ˈhæbəˌdæʃə) /


noun
  1. British a dealer in small articles for sewing, such as buttons, zips, and ribbons

  2. US a men's outfitter

Origin of haberdasher

1
C14: from Anglo-French hapertas small items of merchandise, of obscure origin

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