Hatter

//ˈhætə(ɹ)// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
  2. 2
    Someone from Luton
  3. 3
    someone who makes and sells hats wordnet
  4. 4
    A person who lives alone in the bush. Australia, slang

    "Lonely hut where drought’s eternal, suffocating atmosphere Where the God-forgotten hatter dreams of city life and beer."

  5. 5
    someone connected with Luton Town Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
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  1. 6
    A miner who works by himself.
  2. 7
    Someone from Medicine Hat Canada
Verb
  1. 1
    To tire or worry.

    "They may Hatter an indifferent Beauty; but the Excellencies of Nature can have no Right done to them"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hatter; equivalent to hat + -er.

Etymology 2

From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.

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