What does draper mean?

Definitions for draper
ˈdreɪ pərdrap·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. drapernoun

    a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)

Wiktionary

  1. drapernoun

    One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Drapernoun

    One who sells cloth.

    Etymology: from drape.

    If a piece of cloth in a draper’s shop be variously folded, it will appear of differing colours. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

    The draper and mercer may measure her as they please. James Howell, England’s Tears.

Wikipedia

  1. Draper

    Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher.

ChatGPT

  1. draper

    A draper is a person who sells cloth and textiles, often operating out of a store or shop. In historical contexts, a draper may also refer to a merchant or trader who specialized in the sale of cloth and other fabric-based goods. The term can also refer to a person who creates drapery or curtain designs.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Drapernoun

    one who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor

  2. Etymology: [F. drapier.]

Wikidata

  1. Draper

    Draper was originally a term for a retailer, and wholesaler, of cloth that was mainly for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher. Drapers were an important trade guild during the medieval period. The sellers of cloth operated out of draper's shops. However the original meaning of the term has now largely fallen out of use.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Draper

    drāp′ėr, n. one who deals in drapery or cloth:—fem. Drap′eress.—n. Drap-de-Berry, a woollen cloth, coming from Berry in France.—v.t. Drape, to cover with cloth.—p.adj. Drap′eried, draped.—n. Drap′ery, cloth goods: hangings of any kind: the draper's business: (art) the representation of the dress of human figures.—v.t. to drape.—n. Drap′et (Spens.), cloth, coverlet. [Fr. drapierdrap, from a Teut. root. See Drab.]

Rap Dictionary

  1. draper

    Located in West Central Ottawa, off of Baseline Road and Greenbank Road, across the 417 exit from Ramsey in Ottawa, Ontario, Draper is a lower middle-class/working-class neighbourhood with a very multicultural population consisting of families of Middle-Eastern, Somalian, European and Jamaican descent. Draper along with nearby Monterey had significantly high crime rates well throughout the 90s and early 2000's due to teenangers and young adults getting into the prolification of hard narcotics perpetrated by local drug gangs in the area. Although the overall crime rate in Draper has seen a dramatic decrease in recent years, a heavy police present can still be seen along with the reminance of gang activity. Dealers from Draper are known to deal with members of Double R Bloods also known as West Side Bloods.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Draper

    One who dealt in cloth for draping only, as distinct from a mercer, milliner, or mantle-maker.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DRAPER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Draper is ranked #1467 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Draper surname appeared 24,337 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 8 would have the surname Draper.

    79.4% or 19,328 total occurrences were White.
    13.8% or 3,373 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 591 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 460 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.8% or 443 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 139 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of draper in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of draper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of draper in a Sentence

  1. Mary McNamara:

    Don Draper is not a showy role, because 'Mad Men' is not a showy show. He is not killing anyone, there are no scenery-chewing performances that stand out.

  2. Sheri Atwood:

    The moment I could say that Tim Draper and Salesforce were in, I emailed all these people who had been sitting on the sidelines, and then everybody wanted to invest.

  3. Jordann Weingartner:

    I drew the design for my Magnolia Collection back in 2008. The flower isn’t a traditional magnolia flower, it is my artistic take on a magnolia, my design actually looks nothing like a magnolia, and Draper James not only took the design, but also decided to call it a magnolia.

  4. Matthew Weiner:

    The whole last season was the idea that the revolution failed and it is time to deal with what you can control, which is yourself, this turning inward, he (Draper) stripped it all away, that was the idea.

  5. Patrick Cullen:

    I could tell he was super tired and he had clearly been out there a long time. He was pretty tired and weak and thirsty, so we gave him a big drink of water and he slept under the engine for the next three hours. EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG MISSING AFTER LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT The Draper City firefighters dubbed the dog.

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