DRAPER


Meaning of DRAPER in English

/dray"peuhr/ , n. Brit.

1. a dealer in cloth; a retail merchant or clerk who sells piece goods.

2. a retail merchant or clerk who sells clothing and dry goods.

[ 1325-75; ME drapier, equiv. to drap cloth + -ier -IER 2 ; see -ER 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .