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Haberdasher vs. Milliner

Haberdasher and Milliner Definitions

Haberdasher

A dealer in men's furnishings.

Milliner

One that makes, trims, designs, or sells hats.

Haberdasher

Chiefly British A dealer in sewing notions and small wares.

Milliner

A person who is involved in the manufacture, design, or sale of hats for women.

Haberdasher

A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods.

Milliner

Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women.
No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.
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Haberdasher

(US) A men's outfitter.

Milliner

A person who designs, makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.

Haberdasher

(British) A member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a livery company.

Milliner

A merchant who designs and sells hats

Haberdasher

A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread.

Milliner

Someone who makes and sells hats
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Haberdasher

A dealer in items of men's clothing, such as hats, gloves, neckties, etc.
The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats.

Haberdasher

A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.

Haberdasher

A merchant who sells men's clothing

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