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clothier

ˈkloʊðjər
WordNet
  1. (n) clothier
    a merchant who sells men's clothing
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Clothier
    One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth.
  2. Clothier
    One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) clothier
    A maker or seller of cloth or of clothes; specifically, a dealer in ready-made clothing.
  2. (n) clothier
    A fuller.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Clothier
    one who makes or sells cloth
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. cláth, cloth; Ger. kleid, a garment.

Usage in the news

Clothier Lansky dressed Elvis Presley. bendbulletin.com

Clothier Lansky dressed Elvis Presley . bendbulletin.com

Clothier who helped Elvis Presley create a style dies at age 85. tulsaworld.com

Memphis clothier to Elvis Presley . herald-mail.com

Clothier who dressed Elvis Presley dies in Tenn. Stephen Colbert joins US presidents at wax museum. bellinghamherald.com

Julie Lansky, the clothier's granddaughter, said he died Thursday at his Memphis home. dtn.com

Julie Lansky, the clothier's granddaughter, said the 85-year-old died Thursday at his Memphis home. fortmilltimes.com

This 1956 photo shows singer Elvis Presley , left, being outfitted by clothier Bernard Lansky at Lansky's Men's Store in Memphis, Tenn. cbsnews.com

In this 1957 photo provided courtesy of the Bernard J Lansky Collection, clothier Bernard Lansky displays a jacket in his high-fashion store in Memphis, Tenn. mercurynews.com

Clothier who dressed Elvis Presley dies in Tenn. 5 things to know about 'Dallas' star Larry Hagman. kentucky.com

Clothier who dressed Elvis Presley dies in Tenn. Alda, Lear honored at 40th International Emmys. heraldonline.com

Clothier who dressed Elvis Presley dies in Tenn. Bair writes bio of artist Saul Steinberg. adn.com

Clothier who dressed Elvis dies. texaswest.com

Clothier who dressed Elvis Presley dies in Tenn. LIVE STREAMING VIDEO from NewsChannel 13. nyt.com

Clothier who dressed Elvis Presley dies in Tenn. By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press. twincities.com

Usage in literature

The same argument might be applied to theaters, hotels, clothiers, grocers, etc. "The Railroad Question" by William Larrabee

I will give you an order on a clothier in Fulton Street for a new suit. "Mark Mason's Victory" by Horatio Alger

Meantime the clothier did not neglect his battered mill. "Shirley" by Charlotte Brontë

The clothiers of Meander had fitted Slavens out with a very good serge suit. "Claim Number One" by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

What should we say of an establishment which should regularly supply half the clothiers with their wool under the market price? "On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation" by David Ricardo

He knew that he was talking himself down while the Israelitish clothier was talking himself up. "Rachel Ray" by Anthony Trollope

I will give you an order on a clothier in Fulton Street for a new suit. "Mark Mason's Victory" by Horatio Alger

The shop of a ready made clothier's caught his attention. "'£19,000'" by Burford Delannoy

His costume was one that is never described in the advertisements of city clothiers. "On Canada's Frontier" by Julian Ralph

He was the son of a clothier and was born in Sudbury, in Suffolk, in 1727. "St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11" by Various