outfitter
Americannoun
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outfitters
plural
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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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Exemplifying Roanoke’s modern revival are places like the River House, a former ice house that now hosts an outdoors outfitter, taproom and climbing wall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
“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
It has previously described Mr Jeffries as the modern-day founder of the company, after he transformed the brand from a failing heritage outfitter in the 1990s to a multi-billion-dollar teen retailer.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023
As dress parades have become quite a feature of modern life, surely the restaurant offers a rich field of advertisement for the enterprising outfitter through the medium of waiters.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
“We used to have these secret spots we could tell people about,” said Elisabeth Barton, owner of Yosemite Basecamp in Groveland, which offers lodging, trips by local outfitters, gear and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
For those looking to experience the thrills of whitewater for the first time, the safest bet is to link up with one of several commercial outfitters around Washington.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
My first inkling of just how daunting an undertaking it was to be came when I went to our local outfitters, the Dartmouth Co-Op, to purchase equipment.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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