draper

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/ˈdɹeɪ.pə(ɹ)/US/ˈdɹeɪpɚ/

noun

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

OriginMiddle English draper ← Anglo-Norman draper ← Old French drapier →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

draper1

noundraper (plural drapers)

plural drapers

  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.

    1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 26

Draper2

proper nounDraper (countable and uncountable, plural Drapers)

plural Drapers · alternative Drapper

  1. countableAn English surname originating as an occupation for a draper (cloth merchant).
  2. A locale in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.
    2. countableuncountableA town in Jones County, South Dakota; named for railroad official C. A. Draper.
    3. countableuncountableA small town in Denton County, Texas, renamed from Corral City in 2016.
    4. countableuncountableA city in Salt Lake County and Utah County, Utah; named for Mormon elder William Draper.
    5. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Pulaski County, Virginia.
    6. countableuncountableA town and unincorporated community therein, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin; named for Wisconsin librarian and historian Lyman Draper.
  3. countableuncountableA community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada; named for businessman Thomas Draper.
  4. countableuncountableA residential locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
clothier

Origin

draper · noun

  1. Old Frenchdrapier
  2. Anglo-Normandraper
  3. Middle Englishdraper
  4. Englishdraper

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

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Draper · proper noun

English occupational surname, from the noun draper.

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Translations

Arabic بَزَّاز
  • بَزَّاز (bazzāz)one who sells cloths
Finnish kangaskauppias
  • kangaskauppiasone who sells cloths
Greek υφασματοπώλης
  • υφασματοπώλης (yfasmatopólis)one who sells cloths
Irish éadaitheoir
  • éadaitheoirone who sells cloths
Romanian pânzar, postăvar
  • pânzarone who sells cloths
  • postăvarone who sells cloths

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with draper

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Anagrams

Prader
Cite this entry
APA

draper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draper

MLA

“draper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “draper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draper.

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