"clothier" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/ Forms: clothiers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English clother; equivalent to cloth + -ier; the word was later remodelled on words such as hotelier. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clother}} Middle English clother, {{suf|en|cloth|ier}} cloth + -ier, {{m|en|hotelier}} hotelier Head templates: {{en-noun}} clothier (plural clothiers)
  1. A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: draper Translations (a person who makes or sells cloth or clothing): vaatturi (Finnish), მემაუდე (memaude) (Georgian), vesto-vendisto (Ido), éadaitheoir [masculine] (Irish), sukiennik [masculine] (Polish), портно́й (portnój) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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