draper

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drap·er /ˈdreɪpə $ -ər/ noun [countable] British English old-fashioned  BOBBTsomeone who sells cloth, curtains etc 布商，纺织品商

Examples from the Corpus

draper• The London Titfords made silk in Spitalfields; and a draper cousin could help sell it for them. 32.• Also patron of drapers and schoolgirls.• By the mid-thirteenth century they were still the leading guild, although the drapers were now also important.Origin draper (1300-1400) Old French drapier, from drap; → DRAPE

drap·er nounChineseSyllable  

sells curtains Corpus someone cloth, etc who

draper
drap‧er /ˈdreɪpə $ -ər/ noun [countable] British English old-fashionedsomeone who sells cloth, curtains etc

draperBrE /ˈdreɪpə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdreɪpər/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, BrE) a person who owns or manages a shop that sells cloth, curtains, etc. 布商；布料零售商；纺织品商draper's (

plural

drapers) a shop/store that sells cloth, curtains, etc. 布店；纺织品店