Draper
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'''Draper''' is the now largely obsolete term for a merchant in cloth or dry goods, though often used specifically for one who owns or works in a '''draper's shop''' or '''store'''. A draper may additionally operate as a [[cloth merchant]] or a [[haberdasher]]. The drapers were an important [[guild|trade guild]]. A number of prominent people were at one time or another drapers:
* [[Margaret Bondfield]]
* [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek]]
* [[John Lewis Partnership|John Lewis]]
* [[Anthony Munday]]
* [[Herbert_George_Wells|H. G. Wells]]
* [[George Williams (YMCA)|George Williams]], founder of the [[YMCA]]
* [[Edward Whalley]], regicide, cousin of [[Oliver Cromwell]]
In [[1724]] [[Jonathan Swift]] wrote, in the guise of a draper, [[Drapier's Letters|''Drapier's Letters'']], a series of satirical pamphlets.
==See also==
*[[Haberdasher]]
*[[Millinery]]
*[[Worshipful Company of Drapers]]
*''[[Sukiennice]]''
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[[Category:Sales occupations]]
[[Category:Garment industry]]
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