n. A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods.
n. A men's outfitter, usually a men's haberdasher.
n. A member of the Haberdashers livery company.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread.
n. A dealer in items of men's clothing, such as hats, gloves, neckties, etc.
n. A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A dealer in small wares; specifically, a dealer in small articles of dress and in ribbons, trimmings, thread, pins, needles, etc.
n. A dealer in hats; a hatter.
n. A schoolmaster.
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n. a merchant who sells men's clothing
Word Usage
"But, in the times we write of, the hosiers, the glovers, the hatters, the mercers, the milliners, and all who dealt in the miscellaneous wares now termed haberdasher's goods, were to be found in this narrow alley."