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draper

nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈdɹeɪ.pə(ɹ)//

One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; a textile merchant.

noun

  1. 1

    One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; a textile merchant.

    [S]uch was the aberration of mind attending converse with a successful draper.

Etymology

From Middle English draper, from Anglo-Norman draper, from Old French drapier, from drap + -ier.

Forms

plural
drapers
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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