merchant tailor
/ˌməːtʃ(ə)n(t) ˈteɪlə/(also Merchant Taylor)
noun
1A tailor whose business includes buying cloth as well as manufacturing garments. Hence (usually in form Merchant Taylor): a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.
2 British. In form Merchant Taylor. A person educated at a Merchant Taylors' school, specifically the one (still in existence) founded in London in 1561. Also (occasionally) Merchant Taylor man. Now usually Old Merchant Taylor.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Cromwell (d. 1540), royal minister. From merchant + tailor.
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