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saddler

American  
[sad-ler] / ˈsæd lər /

noun

  1. a person who makes, repairs, or sells saddlery.

  2. saddle horse.


saddler British  
/ ˈsædlə /

noun

  1. a person who makes, deals in, or repairs saddles and other leather equipment for horses

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of saddler

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English sadelere, saddilere; see origin at saddle, -er 1

Example Sentences

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Pollard, nearly 30 years younger than the colonel, was born in Frankfort, Ky., the daughter of a saddler whose shop also offered an array of newspapers and highbrow magazines like Harper’s.

From Washington Post Dec. 28, 2018

The thatcher and saddler have disappeared; in their place is the gas station attendant and the commuter,” he wrote.

From Slate Oct. 9, 2015

Born in 1876, his father was a saddler and harness-maker in the village of Shrewton, a few miles from Stonehenge.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2015

Mark Cross looks back to modest beginnings, when an Irish saddler, Henry W. Cross, and his son Mark opened their shop on Boston's Summer Street to sell harnesses and saddles.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ironmonger promised to send the framework to the saddler by the following Monday, as early as he was able.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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