hosier

[hoh-zher]

noun

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

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Origin of hosier

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

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Examples 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

noun

a person who sells stockings, etc

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Word Origin and History for hosier

hosier

late 14c., hosyere "hose-maker" (attested as a surname from late 12c.), from hose (n.) + -ier, French-influenced agent noun suffix.