hosier

[ hoh-zher ]

noun

1. a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.

hosier

/ ˈhəʊzɪə /

noun

1. a person who sells stockings, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of hosier¹

First recorded in 1375–1425, hosier is from the late Middle English word hosiare. See hose, -ier ¹

Example Sentences

After this memorable event, I went to the hatter’s, and the bootmaker’s, and the hosier’s, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard’s dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades.

From Literature

The dressmakers and hosiers and other clothiers that once populated England’s redbrick towns have long departed.

From New York Times

“Leicester clothes the world” was the slogan when the city was full of hosiers and bootmakers; in 1936 it was named as the second-richest city in Europe.

From Economist

At an early age, says Dr. Rogers, his parents removed to Glasgow, where, in his thirteenth year, he was apprenticed to a hosier.

From Project Gutenberg

But he has been found at last, in a wretched little hosier's at Portsmouth—ill and weak and pitifully poor.

From Project Gutenberg