haberdasher
/ˈhæb.ə(ɹ)ˌdæʃ.ə(ɹ)/noun
haberdasher is a noun meaning “A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-A-B-E-R-D-A-S-H-E-R and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of haberdasher is haberdashers.
What does haberdasher mean?
noun
- 1
A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods.
- 2
USA men's outfitter.
- 3
UKA member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a livery company.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce haberdasher?
- UK /ˈhæb.ə(ɹ)ˌdæʃ.ə(ɹ)/
Haberdasher has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Paul2520-haberdasher.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of haberdasher
- haberdashers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is haberdasher?
Haberdasher appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Haberdasher in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does haberdasher come from?
From Middle English, 13th century. Uncertain but may derive from Anglo-Norman habertas (“small goods”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).