Etymology

clothier

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Today it means: A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing. Full definition →

Middle English clothyer
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromclothyer
  2. English todayclothier

From Middle English clothyer, an alteration of earlier clother, clothere (“a maker or seller of cloth”); equivalent to cloth + -ier.

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