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merchant tailors

merchant tailors is the plural of merchant tailor.

Meaning of merchant tailor

Noun

merchant tailor (plural merchant tailors)

  1. (archaic, historical) A tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which they make.
    • Mrs. Aikin, foreseeing the distress of the family after they should have exhausted the father's earnings, and knowing that Agnes was a diligent and good girl, and had been well taught plain sewing in a public school, offered to instruct her in making vests, a very profitable business to those who...1836, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man

Questions about merchant tailors

What is merchant tailors the plural of?
Merchant tailors is the plural of merchant tailor.

Words near merchant tailors in the dictionary

  1. merchant seamen
  2. merchant ship
  3. merchant shipping
  4. merchant ships
  5. merchant tailor
  6. merchant tailors
  7. merchant venturer
  8. merchant venturers
  9. merchantabilities
  10. merchantability
  11. merchantable

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