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draper
(drā′pər)
noun
- Obsolete a maker of cloth
- Brit. a dealer in cloth and dry goods
Origin: ME < OFr drapier: see drape
- Draper, Henry 1837-82; U.S. astronomer
- 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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