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Definition of Draper
1. Noun. A dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods).
Definition of Draper
1. n. One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.
Definition of Draper
1. Noun. One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Draper
1. a dealer in cloth [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draper
Literary usage of Draper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"Address delivered to the American Union Academy of Literature, Science, and Art,
at its First Annual Meeting, January 31, 1870, by John William draper, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"draper appealed from this decree. Why he has appealed it is somewhat difficult
to sec. The decree is substantially in accordance with what he sought by his ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1888)
"Early in 1840 draper succeeded in taking the first photograph of the moon ...
To measure the chemical intensity of light draper devised in 1843 a ..."
4. The Correspondence of the Colonial Governors of Rhode Island, 1723-1775 by Rhode Island Governor, Gertrude Selwyn Kimball (1902)
"DEPOSITION OF JONATHAN draper.1 To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esf. Captain
... The Declaration of Jonathan draper of Belling- ham in the County of ..."
5. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"draper, secretary. ^The business of the draper His earliest American ... draper was
educated in the Eben S. draper had charge of the selling départ- public ..."
6. The Letters of Junius: With Notes and Illustrations, Historical, Political by Junius, Robert Heron (1804)
"But he mould not, lite Sir William draper, avow hit convictions and his fears.
... Sir William draper had incautiously afforded roum for turning the ..."
7. The "A.L.A." Index An Index to General Literature, Biographical, Historical by William Isaac Fletcher, American Library Association (1914)
"draper, AS — architecture, Legislation needed in. (CBT Snyder) Nat. Educ. ....
draper, AS American education, 119. — elementary, Course of study in primary. ..."
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