linener

English

Etymology

From linen +‎ -er.

Noun

linener (plural lineners)

1. (obsolete) A dealer in linen; a linen draper.
   • 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     all the dames at court by a fortnight, have her counsel of tailors, lineners, lace-women, embroiderers […]

References

• “linener”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.