draper

(drāpər)

noun

  1. Obsolete a maker of cloth
  2. Brit. a dealer in cloth and dry goods

Origin: ME < OFr drapier: see drape

  1. Draper, Henry 1837-82; U.S. astronomer
  2. Draper, John William 1811-82; U.S. historian & scientist, born in England: father of Henry

See draper in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly British
A dealer in cloth or clothing and dry goods.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, weaver or seller of cloth

Origin: , from Old French drapier

Origin: , from drap, cloth; see drape

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American astronomer who developed methods for photographing the heavens and was the first to photograph a stellar spectrum (1872) and a nebula (1880).

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