hosier

[ hoh-zher ]

/ ˈhoʊ ʒər /

noun

a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.

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Words nearby hosier

hosein, hosel, hoser, hosey, hoshana rabbah, hosier, hosiery, hosing, hosp., hospice, hospitable

Origin of hosier

First recorded in 1375–1425, hosier is from the late Middle English word hosiare. See hose, -ier¹

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Example sentences from the Web for hosier

The hosier hurried forward, obviously anticipating a princely order for tweeds at war prices.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 5, 1919|Various
Did you see among the embassy, that big ambassador who is a hosier?
Notre-Dame de Paris|Victor Hugo
Poor Vondel kept a hosier's shop, which he left to the care of his wife, while he indulged his poetical genius.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Isaac D'Israeli
His party feeling probably inspired Admiral Hosier's Ghost , a ballad still remembered and preserved in anthologies.
The Age of Pope|John Dennis

There was never any ice on the window-panes like there was at the grocer's and the hosier's opposite.
L'Assommoir|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for hosier

hosier

/ (ˈhəʊzɪə) /

noun

a person who sells stockings, etc

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