glover
noun
a person who makes or sells gloves.
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glover
1 American
[gluhv-er]
/ ˈglʌv ər /
noun
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glovers
plural
Glover
2
American
[gluhv-er]
/ ˈglʌv ər /
noun
glover
British
/ ˈɡlʌvə /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of glover
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at glove, -er 2
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“Donald glover interviewing himself is a great example of how the skills of profilers/critics/interviewers are so undervalued,” tweeted Vulture and New York magazine critic Angelica Jade Bastién.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
When Marmol, a rookie manger, writes Molina’s name on the lineup card for the first time, he’ll be inserting a 10-time gold glover and nine-time all-star behind the plate.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
Shakespeare’s own humble origins, as the son of a Stratford glover, made him a popular democratic hero, and Abraham Lincoln liked to read from “King John” and “King Henry VIII.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 9, 2016
Some academics and theatre lovers down the years have long contended that the greatest works in literature could not have been penned solely by the son of a gentlemen glover from Stratford.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2011
His glover, in Paris, had forgotten to make his right hand larger than the left, and a huge packet that had just arrived was consequently useless.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
Most of all, "it's making sure that no one walks away from the polling location and wasn't able to vote if they're an eligible registered voter," Glover said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
During the early voting period, Glover reported no major malfunctions, nor any sign of the immigration enforcement operations that some had feared.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
However, when Glover took the stand she told the court she had been bullied by Diane for over a year.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The next step in convincing skeptical buyers and analysts will be less about selling the new Jaguar as a youthful, creative company, and more about explaining the car’s full driver-friendly capabilities, Glover said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Bran soon realized that it was the steward, not Lady Glover, who truly ruled at Deepwood Motte.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
On YouTube, some glovers have millions of views and their own fandoms.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2015
Emerging at last through a great door, they introduced and presented to the Liverymen as though they had never seen him before Glovemaker Collett of the Worshipful Company of glovers, a tycoon of British haberdashery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Johnny did not notice what she wore, but the mantua-makers, dressmakers, milliners, glovers, and jewelers all knew that whatever Lavinia Lyte brought back from London would set Boston styles for the winter.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
The range of booths in the front were for glovers, leather-breeches makers, saddlers, and other dealers in leather.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 by Various
There were four parties invited—namely, 25 cobblers, 20 tailors, 18 hatters, and 12 glovers.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
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