clothier
pronunciation
How to pronounce clothier in British English:
UK [ˈkləʊðiə(r)]
How to pronounce clothier in American English:
US [ ˈkloʊðiər]
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- Noun:
- a merchant who sells men's clothing
Word Origin
- clothier (n.)
- mid-14c., clother; late 15c., clothyer (late 13c. as a surname) Middle English agent noun from cloth; also see -ier, which is unetymological in this word and probably acquired by bad influence.
Example
- 1. Your hosts are dawn & alan clothier .
- 2. Draw me a clothier 's yard !
- 3. Off-price clothier tjx reported like-for - like sales up 8 per cent .
- 4. America " s foremost capitalist may not have much in common with china " s top communist , but warren buffett and hu jintao do appear to share the same clothier .
- 5. Here are five words every children 's clothing chief hopes to hear in her lifetime : disney wants to work together . Fangfang wu heard them last year , when the house of mouse asked the ceo of greenbox , a children 's clothier based in shanghai , to manufacture a line of disney-branded apparel .