hatter

¹

[hat-er]

noun

1. a maker or seller of hats.

hatter

²

[hat-er]

noun

Australian Informal.

1. a person who has become eccentric from living alone in a remote area.

2. a person who lives alone in the bush, as a herder or prospector.

hatter

/ ˈhætə /

noun

1. a person who makes and sells hats

2. crazily eccentric

Word History and Origins

Origin of hatter¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; hat, -er ¹

Origin of hatter²

First recorded in 1850–55; said to be from the phrase “as mad as a hatter”

Idioms and Phrases

see mad as a hatter.

Example Sentences

Here, Cheshire cats and mad hatters have been bumped for odd shopkeepers and pot-smoking venture capitalists.

From Salon

In the past, Kimmel criticized Rodgers over his comments on Epstein, saying he is a "tin foil hatter" and joking that Rodgers should consider that it “might be time to revisit that concussion protocol.”

From Salon

Though Mr. Will described Ms. Thomas being “politically, mad as a hatter,” he unreasonably asserted that there is no reason to assume that she affects the jurisprudence of her husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

From Washington Post

The mad hatter theme is now becoming conventional wisdom among some of the foreign policy elite and media.

From Fox News

True, the berets were the work of Stephen Jones, the inspired British hatter who has worked with Dior for a quarter-century.

From New York Times

When To Use

Who are the Hatters?

A Hatter is a student or member of the athletic program at Stetson University in Florida.