name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

   "‘I think she should come out of black. Let me help dress her. I know the Italian clothiers.’"

2. 2
   a merchant who sells men's clothing wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, taken from the surname. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

antique storeapothecaryautomobile showroombookstorebooterycandy store

Example

More examples

"‘I think she should come out of black. Let me help dress her. I know the Italian clothiers.’"

Etymology

From Middle English clother; equivalent to cloth + -ier; the word was later remodelled on words such as hotelier.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.