hosier

American  

[hoh-zher] / ˈhoʊ ʒər /

noun

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

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hosier British  

/ ˈhəʊzɪə /

noun

1. a person who sells stockings, etc

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Etymology

Origin of hosier

First recorded in 1375–1425, hosier is from the late Middle English word hosiare. See hose, -ier ¹

Example Sentences

The son of a hosier, he married the illiterate daughter of a Battersea market gardener.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2010

Here Izaak Walton, the gentle angler, lived while engaged in the vocation of hosier at the corner of Chancery Lane.

From Dickens' London by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

When the girls had driven off, Michael recovered his ordinary appearance by visiting a barber and a hosier.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

My schule days owre, I began the world in the capacity o' shopman to my faither, wha was a hosier to business, and carried on a sma', but canny trade in that line.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various

The sly hosier saw he longed to be off, and said, "We'll gega—gega—gega—gega—give ye a thousand angels to raise the siege."

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles