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draper

name · noun · 11 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈdɹeɪpɚ/
  • /ˈdɹeɪ.pə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪpə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: D R EY1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

An English surname originating as an occupation for a draper (cloth merchant).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning 2

A locale in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 3

A locale in the United States:

A town in Jones County, South Dakota; named for railroad official C. A. Draper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 4

A locale in the United States:

A small town in Denton County, Texas, renamed from Corral City in 2016.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 5

A locale in the United States:

A city in Salt Lake County and Utah County, Utah; named for Mormon elder William Draper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 6

A locale in the United States:

A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Virginia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 7

A locale in the United States:

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin; named for Wisconsin librarian and historian Lyman Draper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 8

A community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada; named for businessman Thomas Draper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 9

A residential locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 10

One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; a textile merchant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 11

a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: trader, bargainer, dealer, monger

Narrower terms: linendraper

History

Etymology

English occupational surname, from the noun draper.

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

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَزَّاز (bazzāz) — one who sells cloths
  • Armenian: բազազ (bazaz) — one who sells cloths
  • Armenian: կերպասավաճառ (kerpasavačaṙ) — one who sells cloths
  • Finnish: kangaskauppias — one who sells cloths
  • Greek: υφασματοπώλης (yfasmatopólis) — one who sells cloths
  • Irish: éadaitheoir — one who sells cloths
  • Romanian: pânzar — one who sells cloths
  • Romanian: postăvar — one who sells cloths
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوقهجی (çokacı) — one who sells cloths
  • Ottoman Turkish: بزاز (bezzâz) — one who sells cloths
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