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What (who) is draper - definition
CLOTH MERCHANT
Woollendraper; Fabric shop; Drapers
![''In the Draper's Shop'' by [[Adriaen van Bloemen]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adriaen Bloem - In the Draper´s Shop - Google Art Project.jpg?width=200 "''In the Draper's Shop'' by [[Adriaen van Bloemen]]")
![A replica draper's shop at the [[Museum of Lincolnshire Life]], Lincoln, England](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Lincoln, England - DSCF1759.JPG?width=200 "A replica draper's shop at the [[Museum of Lincolnshire Life]], Lincoln, England")
Draper
·noun One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.
draper
¦ noun Brit. dated a person who sells textile fabrics.
Origin
ME: from OFr. drapier, from drap 'cloth'.
draper
(drapers)
A draper is a shopkeeper who sells cloth. (BRIT)
N-COUNT
Wikipedia
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.
Examples of use of draper
1. Didn‘t happen," he told the book‘s author, Robert Draper.
2. Derek Draper – aka Mr Kate Garraway – is genuinely baffled.
3. But the man was gone when police arrived, Draper said.
4. In this the Garraway–Draper nuptials marked a subtle shift.
5. London psychotherapist Derek Draper believes this is shortsighted.