Standard Lemma guide

clothier

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K L OW1 DH Y ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, taken from the surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: draper

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a merchant who sells men's clothing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haberdasher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merchant, merchandiser

History

Etymology

From Middle English clothyer, an alteration of earlier clother, clothere (“a maker or seller of cloth”); equivalent to cloth + -ier.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: vaatturi — a person who makes or sells cloth or clothing
  • Georgian: მემაუდე (memaude) — a person who makes or sells cloth or clothing
  • Ido: vesto-vendisto — a person who makes or sells cloth or clothing
  • Irish: éadaitheoir — a person who makes or sells cloth or clothing
  • Polish: sukiennik — a person who makes or sells cloth or clothing
  • Russian: портно́й (portnój) — a person who makes or sells cloth or clothing