haberdasher


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
haberdasher /ˈhabəˌdaʃə/
noun
  • 1 Brit. a dealer in dressmaking and sewing goods.
  • 2 N. Amer. a dealer in men's clothing.
– origin ME: prob. based on Anglo-Norman Fr. hapertas, perh. the name of a fabric, of unknown origin.
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