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outfitter

outfitter

1 6.1
A person or shop that sells men's clothes, especially suits and formal clothes
  • noun
  • /ˈaʊtˌfɪtər/
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  • Down the road you get an Italian gents' outfitter.
  • American Eagle Outfitters
  • Urban Outfitters
  • Eagle Outfitters

Examples

  • The outfitter offers a wide selection of attire for business meetings and special occasions.

  • Urban Outfitters just began switching across thousands of stores. - Dan

    Blog text (27)
  • Close this tab and go shop for a new floppy hat at Urban Outfitters so you can tell everyone how you found it at Goodwill.

    Blog text (10)
  • Then we stopped into Urban Outfitters, and I found four pairs of socks (two thick, two thin), a couple of pairs of underwear, and fingerless gloves.

    Blog text (10)
  • Burleson cites Simonson's success at offering a $40,000 Sherpa-guided package as one of the things that drew local trekking outfitters into the game.

    Blog text (26)
  • They stopped first at Mallory's favorite men's store, Klaus Ruger's, where the Vienna-born outfitter imported the best suitings from Italy, Spain, and England.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The local outfitter specializes in men's formalwear, including suits and ties.

  • He visited a nearby outfitter to find a stylish suit for the wedding.

Synonyms

clothing store
vsoutfitter
24 1.0

A shop that sells clothes for men and women

targets men's suits and formalwear rather than general retail clothing
draper
vsoutfitter
  • Archaic
22 8.4

A shop or person who sells cloth and materials for sewing

sells finished men's suits and formalwear rather than raw fabrics
haberdasher
vsoutfitter
3 8.9

A person who sells men's clothes, accessories, and sewing items like buttons

focuses on suits and formalwear rather than accessories
clothier
vsoutfitter
2 6.1

A maker or seller of clothes

specializes in men's suits and formalwear rather than general clothing

How Specialized

tailor
88 2.3
outfitter
1 6.1

Surface Forms

outfitter singular
outfitters plural

Morphology

outfitter = outfit (transparent) = outfit + er

This is a regular agentive noun formed from 'outfit' + '-er', referring to a person or business that outfits customers with men's clothing.

Etymology

Outfitter also grew to mean a shop that helps people get clothes that fit, where fit means 'clothes that suit you'. That's why an outfitter can be a men's clothing seller who 'fits you out' with suits, ties, and formal wear.