Haberdasher 551747 223965273 2008-07-06T18:57:47Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes A '''haberdasher''' is a person who sells small articles for [[sewing]], such as buttons, ribbons and zippers.<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd edition, 1989: "A dealer in small articles appertaining to dress, as thread, tape, ribbons, etc.</ref> In U.S. English, haberdasher is another term for a men's outfitter.<ref>''Collins Dictionary of the English Language'' (1979)</ref> A haberdasher's shop or the items sold therein are called '''haberdashery'''. Obsolete meanings of the term "haberdasher" refer to a "dealer in, or maker of, hats and caps".<ref>OED</ref> The term may come from the [[Anglo-French]] word ''hapertas'', meaning petty wares.<ref>Collins</ref> [[Saint Louis IX]], King of France 1226–1270, is the patron saint of haberdashers.{{Fact|date=July 2008}} == Notable haberdashers == * [[Robert Aske (merchant)|Robert Aske]] - philanthropist * [[James Cook|Captain James Cook, (R.N., FRS)]] - (18th century [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[navigator]] and [[explorer]], apprenticed in his youth) * [[John Graunt]] - one of the first demographers * [[Joseph Merrick]], "the Elephant Man", worked as a haberdasher before being a [[freak show]] act * [[Paavo Nurmi]] - legendary [[Finland|Finnish]] runner * [[Harry S. Truman]] - former U.S. President<ref>[http://edit-www.ket.org/tvschedules/episode.php?nola=AMEX++001001 NOVA #1001] </ref> * [[Johnny Carson]] - of ''The Tonight Show'' * [[Charles Taze Russell]] - the founder of the [[Bible Student Movement]] * [[Wayne Knight]] - actor, most famous role: "Newman" from ''[[Seinfield]]'' * [[Christopher Lloyd]] - actor, most famous role: Emmett Brown in the [[Back to the Future trilogy]] * [[George Newnes]] - founders of the ''Tit-Bits'' newspaper (1881) and the popular ''The Strand Magazine'', of Sherlock Holmes fame == See also == * [[Draper]] * [[Millinery]] * [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Sales occupations]] [[Category:Garment industry]] [[Category:Archaic English words and phrases]] {{job-stub}} [[de:Herrenausstatter]] [[he:סדקית]]