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Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.

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  1. n. Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.
  2. n. a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
  3. Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. [Eng.]
  4. Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; nowrestricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.[Eng.]
  5. n. a dealer in textiles (especially silks) n. British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)