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hatter

noun · verb · 8 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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  • /ˈhætə(ɹ)/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hatmaker, milliner

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who lives alone in the bush.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A miner who works by himself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Someone from Luton

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

someone connected with Luton Town Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Someone from Medicine Hat

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To tire or worry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

noun

Meaning 8

someone who makes and sells hats

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hatmaker, milliner, modiste

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maker, shaper, merchant, merchandiser

History

Etymology

From Middle English hatter; equivalent to hat + -er.

From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գլխարկագործ (glxarkagorc) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Armenian: ճոն (čon) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Bulgarian: шапкар (šapkar) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Catalan: barreter — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Catalan: capeller — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帽匠 (màojiàng) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Czech: kloboučník — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Danish: hattemager — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Dutch: hoedenmaker — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Finnish: hatuntekijä — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • French: chapelier — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Georgian: ჭონი (č̣oni) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • German: Hutmacher — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • German: Hutmacherin — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Hungarian: kalapos — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Icelandic: hattari — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Icelandic: hattamakari — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Irish: haitéir — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Irish: hatadóir — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Italian: cappellaio — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Italian: modista — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Japanese: 帽子屋 (bōshiya) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Macedonian: шапкар (šapkar) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Middle English: hattere — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Nivkh: ӿаӄотнивх (haqotņivx) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Pannonian Rusyn: калапар (kalapar) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Polish: kapelusznik — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Portuguese: chapeleiro — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Romanian: pălărier — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Russian: шля́пный ма́стер (šljápnyj máster) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Russian: торго́вец шля́пами (torgóvec šljápami) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Russian: шляпник (šljapnik) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Serbo-Croatian: клобучар — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Serbo-Croatian: klobučar — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Serbo-Croatian: klobučar — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Slovak: klobúčnik — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Slovak: klobúčnička — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Spanish: sombrerero — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Swedish: hattmakare — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Turkish: şapkacı — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاپقهجی (şapkacı) — person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat
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