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hosier (n.)
late 14c.,
hosyere
"maker or seller of hose" (attested as a surname from late 12c.), from
hose
(n.) +
-ier
, French-influenced agent noun suffix. In 19c. the term often was applied to tailors who sold men's garments ready-made.
