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linener

linener noun: a dealer in linen; a linen draper.

Noun

linener (plural lineners)

  1. (obsolete) A dealer in linen; a linen draper.
    • all the dames at court by a fortnight, have her counsel of tailors, lineners, lace-women, embroiderers[…]1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...

Forms of linener

plurallineners

Origin of linener

From linen + -er.

Questions about linener

What does linener mean?
Linener means a dealer in linen; a linen draper.
What part of speech is linener?
Linener is a noun.
What is the plural of linener?
The plural of linener is lineners.

Words near linener in the dictionary

  1. linen testers
  2. linen-draper
  3. linen-drapers
  4. linendraper
  5. linendrapers
  6. linener
  7. lineners
  8. linenette
  9. linenettes
  10. linenfold
  11. linenfolds

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