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What does haberdasher mean?

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  1. A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods.
  2. (US) A men's outfitter.
  3. (Britain) A member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a livery company.
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In the immediate wake of Harry Truman's unlikely ascent to the presidency upon FDR's death in 1945, the former haberdasher was forced to grapple with enormous challenges.
The butcher, chandler and haberdasher were all nearby, as they'd all been able to afford farms near to the railway.
Names of skilled artisans, however, are French: carpenter, draper, haberdasher, joiner, mason, painter, plumber, and tailor.
Karan was born Donna Faske in 1948 in New York and raised on Long Island. Her mother was a model and her father a haberdasher.
Of all his roles, however, he's probably best known to the world at large as a haberdasher to celebrities.
He looked, that dreadful afternoon, as if he had just come from his barber, tailor and haberdasher.

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