Meanings
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noun
a person who makes or sells stockings, socks, and other hosiery
Pip visited the hosier to order new stockings for his outfit.
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Etymology
From Middle English hosiere, derived from hose with the occupational suffix -ier. Before hosiery broadened to include socks and knitted legwear, a hosier chiefly made or sold hose and stockings.