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hatter

hatter

14 5.6
A person who makes and sells hats
  • noun
  • /ˈhætər/
: sombrerero
  • After visiting the hatter, I found the perfect hat to match my outfit.
  • the Mad Hatter
  • the Hatter's tea party

So they took like by Tula Masood's group, Abdullah Masood's Goba Hatters and Fakir Muhammad's, and they said, OK, you all go under the structure.

Examples

  • So Franklin told this story of a Hatter named John Thompson.

  • The Hatter in town makes beaver and wool but generally wants money.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Born in New Hampshire in 1810, at age twenty-one, Mary married a hatter named Hiram Gove.

    Academic text (2018)

  • In 1869, he found work as a hatter in Philadelphia and became pastor of a Methodist mission across the Delaware River in Camden.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The skilled hatter created a stunning range of colorful hats for the festival.

  • She became friends with the local hatter, who made custom hats for every occasion.

Synonyms

milliner
vshatter
2 8.4

A person who makes or sells hats for women

is used for makers without a gender restriction
hatmaker
vshatter
1 4.2

A person who makes and sells hats

has identical meaning but uses a different traditional label
capper
vshatter
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who made or sold hats long ago

is the general modern term for someone who makes and sells head coverings

Surface Forms

hatter singular
hatters plural

Morphology

hatter = hat (transparent) = hat + er

The word is a regular agent noun meaning a person associated with hats, formed transparently from 'hat' + '-er'.

Etymology

The word hatter comes from hat plus the ending -er ('one who does something'), so it means 'one who makes or sells hats'. Think of baker or teacher — a hatter is the person who makes or sells hats.