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draper

/ˈdɹeɪ.pə(ɹ)/

Meanings
noun
One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths.

Examples :

"The draper in the market had a wide selection of colorful fabrics. "
person job business commerce

Related Words

Illustration who

who noun

/huː/

A person under discussion; a question of which person.

"The teacher asked, "Who will present the project next week?" "

Illustration had

had verb

/hæd/

To possess, own.

"I have a house and a car."

Illustration one

one noun

/wan/ /wɒn/ /wʌn/

The digit or figure 1.

"My son's math test had only one correct answer for the last problem. "

Illustration dealer

dealer noun

/ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/

One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

"That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!"

Illustration selection

selection noun

/səˈlɛkʃən/

A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

"The selection process for the school's scholarship program favored students with high academic achievement. "

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration sells

sells noun

/sɛlz/

An act of selling.

"This is going to be a tough sell."

Illustration colorful

colorful adjective

/ˈkʌləfəl/ /ˈkʌlɚfəl/

Possessing prominent and varied colors.

"The parrot's feathers were colorful, with shades of green, blue, and yellow. "

Illustration fabrics

fabrics noun

/ˈfæbrɪks/

An edifice or building.

"This word does not mean "an edifice or building." You are thinking of the word edifice. Fabrics are cloths. Here is your sentence: "The store sells many different types of fabrics, like cotton, silk, and wool." "

Illustration wide

wide noun

/wɑed/ /waɪd/

A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

"The umpire called a wide, giving the team an extra run. "

Illustration market

market noun

/ˈmɑːkɪt/ /ˈmɑɹkɪt/

A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic.

"The privilege to hold a weekly market was invaluable for any feudal era burgh."

Illustration cloths

cloths noun

/klɒðz/ /klɔðz/

A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.

"After dinner, I used some cloths to wipe down the kitchen table. "