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hatter

noun

  1. person engaged in hatmaking
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhætə(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English hatter; equivalent to hat + -er.

  1. A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
  2. A person who lives alone in the bush.

    Lonely hut where drought’s eternal, suffocating atmosphere Where the God-forgotten hatter dreams of city life and beer.

  3. A miner who works by himself.

verb

Etymology: From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.

  1. To tire or worry.

    They may Hatter an indifferent Beauty; but the Excellencies of Nature can have no Right done to them