Hatter
//ˈhætə(ɹ)// noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
- 2 Someone from Luton
- 3 someone who makes and sells hats wordnet
- 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 someone connected with Luton Town Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Show 2 more definitions
- 6 A miner who works by himself.
- 7 Someone from Medicine Hat Canada
Verb
- 1 To tire or worry.
"They may Hatter an indifferent Beauty; but the Excellencies of Nature can have no Right done to them"
Example
More examples"What if I'm my brother's hatter? Yes, I am, but is he my brother?"
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.
Related phrases
More for "hatter"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.