hatter

  • 1Hatter — Hat ter ( t[ e]r), v. t. [Prov. E., to entangle; cf. LG. verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.] To tire or worry; with out. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Hatter — Hat ter, n. One who makes or sells hats. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3hatter — late 14c., from HAT (Cf. hat) + ER (Cf. er) (1) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4hatter — [hat′ər] n. a person who makes, sells, or cleans hats, esp. men s hats …

    English World dictionary

  • 5Hatter — Mad as a hatter redirects here. For the Batman episode, see . A hatter is a maker or seller of hats. Milliners are a category of hatters who design women s hats.Mad as a hatterThe origin of the proverbial expression mad as a hatter is uncertain.… …

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  • 6Hatter — This name derives from the Old English pre 7th Century haet meaning a hat and was originally given either as an occupational name to a maker or seller of hats, or as a topographical name to one resident by a hat shaped hill. One, Roger Hat was… …

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  • 7hatter — UK [ˈhætə(r)] / US [ˈhætər] noun [countable] Word forms hatter : singular hatter plural hatters someone who makes and sells hats • See: mad …

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  • 8hatter — I. /ˈhætə / (say hatuh) noun 1. a maker or seller of hats. –phrase 2. mad as a hatter, very eccentric; crazy. {Phrase Origin: from the time when hat makers worked with mercury, mercury poisoning causing brain disorders} II. /ˈhætə / (say hatuh)… …

  • 9hatter — See: MAD AS A HATTER …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 10hatter — See: MAD AS A HATTER …

    Dictionary of American idioms