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clothier (n.)

"maker or seller of cloth or clothes," mid-14c., clother; late 15c., clothyer (late 13c. as a surname), Middle English agent noun from cloth; also see -ier, which is unetymological in this word and probably acquired by bad influence.

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Definitions of clothier from WordNet

clothier (n.)
a merchant who sells men's clothing;
Synonyms: haberdasher
From wordnet.princeton.edu