Haberdasher

In the United Kingdom, a haberdasher is a person who sells small articles for sewing, such as buttons, ribbons, and zips[1]; in the United States, the term refers instead to a retailer who sells men's clothing, including suits, shirts, and neckties.

Haberdasher
Paavo Nurmi, in 1939, at his Helsinki haberdashery
Occupation
Occupation type
Clothing
Activity sectors
Retail
Description
CompetenciesSewing, tailoring
Related jobs
Tailor

The sewing articles are called haberdashery in British English; the corresponding term is notions in American English.[2]

Origin and use
A haberdasher's shop

The word haberdasher appears in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.[3] It is derived from the Anglo-French word hapertas meaning "small ware". A word or unknown origin.[4] A haberdasher would retail small wares, the goods of the peddler, while a mercer would specialize in "linens, silks, fustian, worsted piece-goods and bedding".[5]

Saint Louis IX, King of France 1226–70, is the patron saint of French haberdashers.[6][7] In Belgium and elsewhere in Continental Europe, Saint Nicholas remains their patron saint, while Saint Catherine was adopted by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers in the City of London.[8]

See also

References
  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1989: "A dealer in small articles appertaining to dress, as thread, tape, ribbons, etc.
  2. Collins Dictionary of the English Language (1979)
  3. "The British Library, The Canterbury Tales, Caxton's first edition". Molcat1.bl.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  4. {{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/haberdasher |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |publisher=Etymonline.com |date= |accessdate=2020-06-17}
  5. Sutton, Anne F. (2005). The Mercery of London: Trade, Goods and People, 1130–1578, p.118. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 0-7546-5331-5
  6. "Catholic Culture, St. Louis IX". Catholicculture.org. 2008-08-25. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  7. "Patron Saints Index". 2heartsnetwork.org. 2011-02-16. Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  8. "Company HIstory". Haberdashers. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
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