hatter

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/ˈhætə(ɹ)/

noun

A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.

Similar
hatmakermillinermodiste
OriginMiddle English hatter →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

hatter1

nounhatter (plural hatters)

plural hatters

  1. A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.

    Synonyms: hatmaker, milliner

  2. AustraliaslangA person who lives alone in the bush.

    Lonely hut where drought’s eternal, suffocating atmosphere Where the God-forgotten hatter dreams of city life and beer.

    1892, Henry Lawson, Up The Country
  3. A miner who works by himself.

hatter2

verbhatter (third-person singular simple present hatters, present participle hattering, simple past and past participle hattered)

present singular third person hatters · participle present hattering · participle past hattered · past hattered

  1. To tire or worry.

    They may Hatter an indifferent Beauty; but the Excellencies of Nature can have no Right done to them

    1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)

Hatter3

nounHatter (plural Hatters)

plural Hatters

  1. Someone from Luton
  2. ball gamessomeone connected with Luton Town Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
  3. CanadaSomeone from Medicine Hat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.

Similar
hatmakermilliner

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who makes and sells hats

Similar
hatmakermillinermodiste
Broader
makershapermerchantmerchandiser
Also see
hatmakermillinermodiste

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

hatter · noun

  1. Middle Englishhatter
  2. Englishhatter

From Middle English hatter; equivalent to hat + -er.

More words from Middle English

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hatter · verb

From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian шапкар
  • шапкар (šapkar)person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Catalan barreter, capeller
  • barreterperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • capellerperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Chinese Mandarin 帽匠
  • 帽匠 (màojiàng)person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Czech kloboučník
  • kloboučníkperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Danish hattemager
  • hattemagerperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Dutch hoedenmaker
  • hoedenmakerperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Finnish hatuntekijä
  • hatuntekijäperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
French chapelier
  • chapelierperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
German Hutmacher, Hutmacherin
  • Hutmacherperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Hutmacherinperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Hungarian kalapos
  • kalaposperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Icelandic hattari, hattamakari
  • hattariperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • hattamakariperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Irish haitéir, hatadóir
  • haitéirperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • hatadóirperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Italian cappellaio, modista
  • cappellaioperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • modistaperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Japanese 帽子屋
  • 帽子屋 (bōshiya)person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Polish kapelusznik
  • kapelusznikperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Portuguese chapeleiro
  • chapeleiroperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Romanian pălărier
  • pălărierperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Russian шля́пный ма́стер, торго́вец шля́пами
  • шля́пный ма́стер (šljápnyj máster)person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • торго́вец шля́пами (torgóvec šljápami)person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • шляпник (šljapnik)person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Slovak klobúčnik, klobúčnička
  • klobúčnikperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • klobúčničkaperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Spanish sombrerero
  • sombrereroperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Swedish hattmakare
  • hattmakareperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
Turkish şapkacı
  • şapkacıperson who makes, sells, or repairs a hat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hatter

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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