clothier

noun

clothier

noun

/ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/

Etymology From Middle English clothyer, an alteration of earlier clother, clothere (“a maker or seller of cloth”); equivalent to cloth + -ier.

1

A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

  • ‘I think she should come out of black. Let me help dress her. I know the Italian clothiers.’2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 33:

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