单词 | haberdasher |
释义 | haberdashern. a. Formerly, a dealer in a variety of articles now dealt with by other trades, including caps, and probably hats: see quots.In the course of the 16th cent. the trade seems to have been split into two; see following senses. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] mongereOE chapmanc890 haberdasher1311 need doera1382 handlera1398 unfreeman1445 occupier1509 taker-up1548 trafficker1560 pliers1565 copeman1566 trader1566 copemaster1579 couper1581 drover1585 negotiator1596 merchandiser1597 coper1609 dealer1611 commercer1632 market-maker1647 general dealer1709 negotianta1774 outfitter1829 man- 1311–12 Liber Memorandorum 53 in Liber Albus (Rolls) III. 433 Super diversos haberdasshers et capellarios. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 363 An haberdasshere [v.rr. habir-, habur-, -daschere, -daissher] and a Carpenter. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxviijv/1 William warboys citezen & haburdasher of london. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vv Salters, Towelers, and habardashers. 1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints ii. f. 25v Haberdashers that selles french or Millen Cappes, Glasses, Kniues, Daggers, Swordes, Gyrdels and such thinges. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. G Bookes, pictures, beades, crucifixes, why there was a haberdashers shop of them in euerie chamber. 1615 E. Howes Stow's Annales (new ed.) 869/1 The Milloners, or Haberdashers, in that place, sould mousetrappes, bird Cages, shooing hornes, Lanthornes, and Jews trumpes. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. x. 191/1 Haberdashers..were also called Milliners, so called from..Milain in Italy, whence the Commodities they dealt in chiefly came; such were Owches, Brooches, Agglets, Spurs, Caps, Glasses, &c.] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns > in hats hatter1212 hurrer1403 milliner1530 haberdasher1566 man-milliner1787 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > one who hatter1212 hatmaker1355 hurrer1403 haberdasher1566 chapeler1601 nob thatcher1793 1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 11 §3 For the better and truer making of Cappes and Hattes within this Realme..it shalbe lefull to the Maister and Wardens of the Company of Haberdasshers within the Citie of London..to [etc.]. 1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre lxiv, in Posies sig. Hviii The Haberdasher heapeth wealth by hattes. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses III. 699 John Fisher a haberdasher of hats and mayor of Northampton. 1711 E. Budgell in Spectator No. 161. ⁋3 He..had won so many Hats, that his Parlour looked like a Haberdasher's Shop. 1711 Steele in Spectator No. 187. ⁋7 Mr. Sly, Haberdasher of Hats..has prepared very neat Hats, Rubbers, and Brushes. c. A dealer in small articles appertaining to dress, as thread, tape, ribbons, etc. Formerly also a drink-seller (as a dealer in ‘tape’ = spirituous liquor). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of trimmings or tape milliner1530 haberdasher1611 inkle-beggar1616 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of liquor wine-tavernerc950 vinter1297 wine-drawer1415 vintnerc1430 vintenerc1450 ale-taker1454 merchant vintner1532 winer1532 ale-man1600 gaugerc1610 brandy-man1723 purl-man1797 haberdasher1821 gin-shopper1831 liquor-seller1855 diddle-cove1858 curate1882 off-licensee1892 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mercerot, a Pedler, a paltrie Haberdasher. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas An Habberdasher of small wares..In London also called a Millenier, à Lat. mille. i. a thousand, as one hauing a thousand small wares to sell. 1630 P. Massinger Renegado ii. iii. sig. D3 A great Lady dote vpon A Haberdasher of small wares. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Haberdasher, one that sells a great many several sorts of Wares, as Riband, Gloves, &c. Also a Seller of Hats. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4462/4 William Andrews of London, Haberdasher of small Wares. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. vi. 74 The haberdasher [buys] of the thread merchants. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Haberdasher, one who sells small wares; a pedlar. 1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. viii. 354 The Haberdasher is busily employed in measuring out tape for his customers. 1828 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry iii. v. 76 The haberdasher is the whistler, otherwise the spirit-merchant, Jerry—and tape the commodity he deals in. 1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer 241 Haberdashers were originally a branch of the mercers; and dealt, like them, in small wares. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 243/1 Haberdasher, (humorously) a publican. d. figurative (cf. dealer n. 3, retailer n., vendor n.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > one who engages in an activity or occupation > one who deals with handler1537 dealer1586 haberdasher1592 manager1598 conductor1634 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F4 v A Haberdasher of Wylde-fowle, or a Merchant venturer of daintie meate. 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. i. 1235 This haberdasher of lyes. 1664 J. Wilson Projectors iv, in Dram. Wks. (1874) 264 See! your haberdasher of small projects. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Habberdasher of Nouns and Pronouns, Schoolmaster or Usher. a1764 R. Lloyd New-river Head in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 65 Haberdashers of small jokes. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xvi. 104 This ‘Haberdasher of Pronouns’ was a person of the name of Margot. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) A schoolmaster, alias a haberdasher of nouns and pronouns. e. attributive. ΚΠ 1813 Examiner 10 May 296/1 They are altogether haberdasher Statesmen. Derivatives haberdasheress n. a female haberdasher. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of trimmings or tape > woman haberdasheressa1704 a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 198 I found..Thalestris the Amazonian, who, as I hinted to you in my last, is become a Haberdasheress of small Wares. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1311 |
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