Synonyms for clothier

Grammar : Noun

Spell : klohth -yer, -ee-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkloʊð yər, -i ər

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Other synonyms for the word clothier

suit maker

Définition of clothier

Origin : mid-14c., clother; late 15c., clothyer (late 13c. as a surname) Middle English agent noun from cloth; also see -ier, which is unetymological in this word and probably acquired by bad influence.

As in tailor : noun person who sews clothing
As in outfitter : noun supplier

Example sentences :

He was the son of a clothier in humble circumstances, at Romsey, in Hampshire, where he was born in 1623.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

He was certainly a Kentish man, and probably the son of a London clothier.
Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury

It is said that in 1713, there was but one clothier in the colony.
Extract from : « The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of New Milford, Conn. June 17th, 1907 » by Daniel Davenport

I know the rascals: my barber, clothier, and linen-draper dispose of my estate!
Extract from : « The History of John Bull » by John Arbuthnot

He waited with equanimity until his father could take him to the clothier's.
Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller

But Government may spend more than the 1000 with this clothier; they may spend 10,000.
Extract from : « The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II » by Thomas De Quincey

It was midnight when the residence of the clothier was reached.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I » by Various

The bee last described may be said to exercise the trade of a clothier.
Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. I (of 4) » by William Kirby

But the package was marked ‘Strawbridge and Clothier’ on the box.
Extract from : « The Mystery of the Secret Band » by Edith Lavell

Dear Doctor: The bearer is a fat Wiltshire clothier; make the most of him.
Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre

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