clothier

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From Middle English clother; equivalent to cloth + -ier; the word was later remodelled on words such as hotelier.

The chief clothier of Devizes expected harm from Irish competition only in the cheaper stuffs. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose
You would never make a clothier, and I don't think you would ever become Mayor of Southampton. — The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
When he was quite a young man he set up in business as a clothier and draper in Holborn. — Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ, Aaron Bernstein

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