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hatter en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈhætə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English hatter; equivalent to hat + -er.

Meanings

  1. A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
  2. (Australia, slang) A person who lives alone in the bush.
    • Lonely hut where drought’s eternal, suffocating atmosphere Where the God-forgotten hatter dreams of city life and beer. 1892, Henry Lawson, Up The Country:
  3. A miner who works by himself.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hatters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

mad as a hatter · mad hatter disease · mad hatter syndrome · tinfoil hatter · mad hatter

Relateds

haberdasher

Synonyms

milliner · hatmaker

Translations (41)

hy ճոն (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · pl kapelusznik (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ca capeller (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · it cappellaio (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · cmn 帽匠 (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · sh клобучар (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · rsk калапар (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · sk klobúčnička (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ro pălărier (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · bg шапкар (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ga haitéir (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · de Hutmacherin (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ru торго́вец шля́пами (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · cs kloboučník (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ka ჭონი (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · fr chapelier (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ru шля́пный ма́стер (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ja 帽子屋 (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · hy գլխարկագործ (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · sv hattmakare (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · is hattamakari (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · is hattari (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · sh klobučar (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ca barreter (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · da hattemager (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · nl hoedenmaker (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · tr şapkacı (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · it modista (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · sh klobučar (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ga hatadóir (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · de Hutmacher (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · hu kalapos (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ru шляпник (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · mk шапкар (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · pt chapeleiro (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · sk klobúčnik (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · es sombrerero (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · ota شاپقهجی (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · fi hatuntekijä (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · enm hattere (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat) · niv ӿаӄотнивх (person who makes, sells, or repairs a hat)

hatter en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈhætə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.

Meanings

  1. To tire or worry.
    • They may Hatter an indifferent Beauty; but the Excellencies of Nature can have no Right done to them 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

Forms

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hattered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hattered Tense=Past lexicographic
hattering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hatters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic