haberdasher

(habər das̸h′ər, habə-)

noun

  1. a person whose work or business is selling men's furnishings, such as hats, shirts, neckties, and gloves
  2. Brit. a dealer in various small articles, such as ribbons, thread, and needles

Origin: ME haberdashere, prob. < Anglo-Fr hapertas, kind of cloth

See haberdasher in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A dealer in men's furnishings.
  2. Chiefly British A dealer in sewing notions and small wares.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , perhaps from Anglo-Norman hapertas, petty wares

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