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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
clothier
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A John Webb, clothier, died in 1736 and was probably her husband.
▪ In 1758 Essex clothiers similarly added to both the length and width of the expected piece.
▪ Obviously some clothiers fared better than others for there were quite a large number of bankruptcies between 1800 and 1840.
▪ Spring's vast fortune comprised upwards of 40 percent of the combined assets of the Babergh clothiers.
▪ The clothier doesn't serve consumers in general, it caters to its own customer base.
▪ The rich clothiers of Suffolk were unique, not matched even in the contiguous parts of Essex.
▪ They leased the mill and its house to a reputable family of clothiers named Horton.
▪ Wiltshire fulling mills were nearly all controlled by the clothiers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clothier

Clothier \Cloth"ier\, n.

  1. One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth.
    --Hayward.

  2. One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
clothier

mid-14c., clother; late 15c., clothyer (late 13c. as a surname) Middle English agent noun from cloth; also see -ier, which is unetymological in this word and probably acquired by bad influence.

Wiktionary
clothier

n. a person who makes or sells cloth or clothing

WordNet
clothier

n. a merchant who sells men's clothing [syn: haberdasher]

Wikipedia
Clothier

Clothier may refer to one of the following professions:

  • Tailor – the most common modern usage
  • Cloth merchant
  • A cloth manufacturer – see cloth production
  • A clothing store
  • Spin doctor or liar, in reference to whole cloth, the fictitious material from which fabrications are made.

Usage examples of "clothier".

In default of such Heirs the Entail shall pass to my only Grandson, Silas Clothier, on condition that he be alive at the determination of the aforementioned line.

But apart from the fact that he is a rogue, your interests and his are in direct conflict: for if Escreet is correct, Clothier or his heirs can inherit the Hougham Estate only if he is still alive at the death of yourself and Mary.

And why was he so anxious for my death now that Silas Clothier was dead and so his heirs could not profit by it?

Goldring was a custom shirtmaker, and the offices of his firm, Goldring Clothiers, were located on Stillman Street, a one-block alley in the shadow of the 1-80 freeway and not far from Moscone Center.

At the said gate a band of west-country clothiers were setting out, hoping to lie the night at Witney, so as to make Gloucester on the morrow.

And in this kingdom is no one that beareth such a crop as I, saving one, a clothier, an accursed one!

Gilds of bakers, of weavers, of mercers, of fullers, of butchers, goldsmiths, pepperers, clothiers, and pilgrims appeared in London, York, Gloucester, Nottingham, even in little boroughs such as that of St.

In light of the bloodiness of the crime, its hands-on physicality, and the number of victims and defendants, the discovery of a few mass-produced fibers from items available in Wal-Marts and other clothiers all over the country struck Lax as an infinitesimal amount of evidence, which was also highly circumstantial.

I saw white on a corner of the Desert, a city, and I descended on it by the shop of a clothier that sat quietly by his goods and stuffs, thinking of fate less than of kabobs and stews and rare seasonings.

Sparks, the millionaire clothier, who had purchased Beverley, and was a potent voice in the Dollington Bank, and whose politics were doubtful, and relations amphibious, was sitting in the pew nearly opposite, and showed his red, fat face and white whiskers over the oak wainscoting.

But the clothier could not, and his brougham whirled him away to Naunton Friars.

Daughter of a Clothier, and the conflict of loyalties resulting, presents nothing more troubling sentimentally, than the comick misunderstandings of an Italian Opera.

So he regarded the clothier, and there was naught seen on earth like the gravity of Shagpat as he lolled before those people, that failed not to assemble in groups and gaze at him.

Distress among the Clothiers, there were also on hand a small body of Light Cavalry.

The Rebel Weaver was set in the Golden Valley, being a light-hearted account of the late battles there between Weavers and Clothiers, with interludes of music, juggling, and tricksome Animal Life.