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haberdasher
A haberdasher is a person who sells small articles for sewing, such as buttons, ribbons, zips, (in the United Kingdom〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd edition, 1989: "A dealer in small articles appertaining to dress, as thread, tape, ribbons, etc.〕) or a men's outfitter (American English〔''Collins Dictionary of the English Language'' (1979)〕). The sewing articles are called ''haberdashery'', or "notions" (American English).
==Origin and use==
The word appears in Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. Haberdashers were initially peddlers, thus sellers of small items such as needles and buttons. The word is thought to have no connection with an Old Norse word akin to the Icelandic ''haprtask'', which means ''peddlers' wares'' or the sack in which the peddler carried them.〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd edition, 1989: haberdash, ''n.'' "Connexion with mod.Icel. ''haprtask'' 'haversack' is not possible."〕 If that had been the case, a ''haberdasher'' (in its hypothetical Scandinavian meaning) would be very close to a ''mercer'' (French). Since the word has no recorded use in Scandinavia, it is most likely derived from the Anglo-Norman ''hapertas'', meaning ''small ware''. A haberdasher would retail small wares, the goods of the peddler, while a mercer would specialize in "linens, silks, fustian, worsted piece-goods and bedding".〔Sutton, Anne F. (2005). ''The Mercery of London: Trade, Goods and People, 1130–1578'', p.118. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 0-7546-5331-5〕
Saint Louis IX, King of France 1226–70, is the patron saint of French haberdashers. In Belgium and elsewhere in Continental Europe, Saint Nicholas remains their patron saint, while Saint Catherine was adopted by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers in the City of London.
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