Definition for CLOTH'IER

CLOTH'IER, n. [clōthyer.]

  1. In English authors, a man who makes cloths; a maker of cloth. – Johnson. [In this sense, I believe it is not used in the United States; certainly not in New-England.]
  2. In America, a man whose occupation is to full and dress cloth.

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