hatter
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
hatter (plural hatters)
- A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
- (Australia, slang) A person who lives alone in the bush.
- 1892, Henry Lawson, Up The Country
- Lonely hut where drought’s eternal, suffocating atmosphere
- Where the God-forgotten hatter dreams of city life and beer.
- 1892, Henry Lawson, Up The Country
- A miner who works by himself.
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Translations
person who makes, sells, or repairs hats
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Etymology 2
From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.
Verb
hatter (third-person singular simple present hatters, present participle hattering, simple past and past participle hattered)
- To tire or worry.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
hatter
- Alternative form of hattere
Etymology 2
From Old English hæteru.
Noun
hatter
- Alternative form of hater
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
hatter m
- indefinite plural of hatt
Scots
Pronunciation
Noun
hatter (plural hatters)
- (Southern Scots) a hassle
Verb
hatter (third-person singular simple present hatters, present participle hatterin, simple past hattered, past participle hattered)
- (Southern Scots) to bother; to get someone worked up
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