different between haberdasher vs draper

English

Etymology

Middle English, 13th century. Uncertain but may derive from Anglo-Norman habertas (“small goods”)

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hæb.??(?)?dæ?.?(?)/

Noun

haberdasher (plural haberdashers)

1. A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods.
2. (US) A men's outfitter.
3. (Britain) A member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a livery company.

Derived terms

• haberdashery

Translations

See also

• hatmaker
• mercer
• milliner

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman draper, from Old French drapier, from drap + -ier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?e?.p?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?p?(r)

Noun

draper (plural drapers)

1. One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths.

Related terms

• drape
• drapery

Translations

Anagrams

• parred

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French draper (“to drape", also, "to full cloth”), from drap (“cloth, drabcloth”), from Late Latin drappus, drapus (“drabcloth, kerchief”), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from Old Low Frankish *drap, *dr?p- (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”) from Proto-Germanic *drap-, *dr?p- (“something beaten”), from *drepan? (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”). Cognate with English drub (“to beat”), Low German drapen, dräpen (“to strike”). More at drape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?a.pe/

Verb

draper

1. to drape

Conjugation

Related terms

• drapeau

References

Further reading

• “draper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• perdra