draper

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who sells cloth, curtains, and related textile goods

   The draper measured enough woollen cloth for two coats.

2. 2
   noun

   a shop that sells cloth and household textiles, used especially in the possessive form draper's

   She stopped at the draper's to buy fabric for new curtains.

Simplified etymology

Draper, recorded from the mid-17th century, ultimately derives from Latin drappus, meaning “cloth.” It belongs to the same word family as drapery, drab, and trappings.

From late Middle English draper, via Anglo-Norman and Old French drapier ("cloth maker or seller"), from drap ("cloth"). The trade name later also denoted the merchant's shop, especially in British use as draper's.

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