draper

See also: Draper, drapër, dräper, and dråper

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪ.pə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ)

Noun

draper (plural drapers)

1. One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; a textile merchant.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 26:

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

Derived terms

• draperess
• Draperstown (not from the surname)
• linendraper

Related terms

• ale-draper
• drape
• drapery

Translations

one who sells cloths

Arabic: بَزَّاز m (bazzāz) Armenian: բազազ (hy) (bazaz), կերպասավաճառ (kerpasavačaṙ) Finnish: kangaskauppias Greek: υφασματοπώλης m (yfasmatopólis) Irish: éadaitheoir m Ottoman Turkish: چوقه‌جی (çokacı), بزاز (bezzâz) Romanian: pânzar (ro) m, postăvar (ro) m

Anagrams

• parred