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haberdashers of pronouns

haberdashers of pronouns is the plural of haberdasher of pronouns.

Meaning of haberdasher of pronouns

Noun

haberdasher of pronouns (plural haberdashers of pronouns)

  1. (obsolete, slang) schoolmaster
    • When I first went to Paris, I took a French master, to perfect me in the Parisian pronunciation. This “Haberdasher of Pronouns” was a person of the name of Margot.1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XVI, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 104

Questions about haberdashers of pronouns

What is haberdashers of pronouns the plural of?
Haberdashers of pronouns is the plural of haberdasher of pronouns.

Words near haberdashers of pronouns in the dictionary

  1. haberdasher
  2. haberdasher of pronouns
  3. haberdasheress
  4. haberdasheries
  5. haberdashers
  6. haberdashers of pronouns
  7. haberdasherware
  8. haberdasherwares
  9. haberdashery
  10. haberdashes
  11. haberdashing

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