outfitter
Americannoun
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a retailer selling specialized clothing, equipment, and supplies, especially for outdoor activities.
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British. a retailer selling clothes and accessories, especially men's.
noun
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a shop that sells men's clothes
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a person who provides outfits
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The fishing: The resort arranges guided fly-fishing excursions through local outfitter Trout Stalkers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The event was the Recovery Rodeo, put on by cold-plunge tub company Plunge, craft nonalcoholic brewery Best Day Brewing, clothing outfitter Seager and portable speaker maker Turtlebox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
“I’m sure these guys get tired of hearing, you know, listening to us preach to them about safety, but it’s gotta be done,” said Shannon Abelseth, a snowmobile outfitter in Cooke City.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
And that’s been particularly tough for Jessie Fuentes, the town’s only river outfitter, who provides canoes and kayaks for recreation on the Rio Grande.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2024
—Novelist and poet, b. at Portsmouth, s. of Augustus M., a naval outfitter, who afterwards went to Cape Town, and ed. at Portsmouth and Neuwied in Germany.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
Gabriel, another parent at the community wardrobe, added: "I'm here because I don't want to go to the official outfitters and spend £150 which I don't really have."
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
That is the local economy, that’s guides and outfitters, lodging, restaurants, souvenir sales, all of those things in gateway communities.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2025
As the 20th century gave way to the 21st, the league expanded its apparel partnerships beyond conventional sporting goods companies to hip-hop designers and fashion outfitters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
At the river’s northern end, Sheriff Mike Boudreaux of Tulare County has officially restricted access to the water to anyone except commercial outfitters.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
She’d had to visit three different outfitters to acquire them.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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