name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈdɹeɪpɚ/
/ˈdɹeɪ.pə(ɹ)/
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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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name
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