chiefly British
: a dealer in cloth and sometimes also in clothing and dry goods
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His exposure to the world of fashion began during his early years; his father worked as a linen draper, while his mother was a milliner.
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Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Lucrative transactions were the scenarios presented in many of the book’s example questions: a grocer selling peppers, a draper reckoning his profits.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
The first room showcases the couture heritage of founder Frédéric Boucheron, whose father was a draper selling fabrics.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Her costume shop is a whirlwind of activity, with stitchers and cutter drapers at sewing machines or working by hand, bustling about, piecing together various components of costumes for the cast.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
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Liberty London
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Founded in 1875 by Arthur Liberty, the son of a Buckinghamshire draper, Liberty of London quickly became known for its floral print fabrics.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
An old draper's table serves as a second island.
—Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
The honor of directly observing the first sperm rests with Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a 17th-century Dutch draper with a side interest in science—specifically, building microscopes and coming up with innovative manufacturing methods to make better lenses for said microscopes.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 July 2020
Lisa drove slowly, between five and six miles per hour, as the combine’s forty-foot-wide draper head cut the wheat with sickles that looked like oversized shark teeth.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
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Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Lucrative transactions were the scenarios presented in many of the book’s example questions: a grocer selling peppers, a draper reckoning his profits.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
The first room showcases the couture heritage of founder Frédéric Boucheron, whose father was a draper selling fabrics.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Her costume shop is a whirlwind of activity, with stitchers and cutter drapers at sewing machines or working by hand, bustling about, piecing together various components of costumes for the cast.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
Buy Now on Thom Browne: $190 Shop Now on Matches Fashion
Shop Now on Nordstrom
Liberty London
Imran Silk Tie
Founded in 1875 by Arthur Liberty, the son of a Buckinghamshire draper, Liberty of London quickly became known for its floral print fabrics.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
An old draper's table serves as a second island.
—Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
The honor of directly observing the first sperm rests with Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a 17th-century Dutch draper with a side interest in science—specifically, building microscopes and coming up with innovative manufacturing methods to make better lenses for said microscopes.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 July 2020
Lisa drove slowly, between five and six miles per hour, as the combine’s forty-foot-wide draper head cut the wheat with sickles that looked like oversized shark teeth.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
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“Draper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/draper. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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draper
noun
drap·er
ˈdrā-pər 
British
: a dealer in cloth and sometimes also in clothing and dry goods
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Draper
geographical name
Dra·per
ˈdrā-pər
city in north central Utah south of Salt Lake City population 42,274
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