woolmann.
Now chiefly Historical.
A dealer in wool, a wool-merchant.
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mercerc1230
clothier1362
draper1362
woolman1390
yarn-chopper1429
line-draper1436
Welsh drapera1525
telerc1540
purple-seller1547
linen-draper1549
staplera1552
silkman1553
woollen-draper1554
wool-driver1555
woolster1577
linener1616
woolner1619
linen-man1631
ragman1649
rag merchant1665
slop-seller1665
bodice-seller1672
piece-broker1697
wool-stapler1709
cloth-man1723
Manchester-man1755
fleece-merchanta1774
rag dealer1777
man's mercer1789
keelman1821
man-mercer1837
cotton-broker1849
slopper1854
shoddyite1865
costumier1886
cotton-man1906
1390 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1912) I. 43 John de Gysburn, wolleman.
1424 Cov. Leet Bk. 84 Joh. Deyster, woleman.
1458 in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 256 Hic jacent Johannes Townsende, quondam..Wolman istius villae [etc.].
1550 Proclam. Wyndyng of Wolles (single sheet) The Masters & wardens of the company, and felowshippe of the wolmen of the Cytie of London.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 29 Woolmen dislike and finde greate falt with woll that hath much salve or tarre in it.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 425 When the wool-man was weighing my wool, he shewed me the difference of some fleeces in goodness.
1761 Lond. & Environs VI. 363 Woolmen, a company probably of great antiquity, though they have no charter, and are a community only by prescription.
1912 J. S. M. Ward Brasses 20 The brasses of the woolmen are the finest.
1920 Glasgow Herald 21 Oct. 7 Woolmen, bankers, and journalists were consulted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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