hatter
noun
- person engaged in hatmaking
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhætə(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English hatter; equivalent to hat + -er.
- A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
- 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.”
- A miner who works by himself.
verb
Etymology: From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.
- To tire or worry.
“They may Hatter an indifferent Beauty; but the Excellencies of Nature can have no Right done to them”