draper means an English surname originating as an occupation for a draper (cloth merchant).
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, draper ranks #3,411 of 42,747 for Qualifying.
draper is pronounced /ˈdɹeɪpɚ/.
Etymology
English occupational surname, from the noun draper.
name
- An English surname originating as an occupation for a draper (cloth merchant).
- A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.
- A locale in the United States:; A town in Jones County, South Dakota; named for railroad official C. A. Draper.
- A locale in the United States:; A small town in Denton County, Texas, renamed from Corral City in 2016.
- A locale in the United States:; A city in Salt Lake County and Utah County, Utah; named for Mormon elder William Draper.
- A locale in the United States:; A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Virginia.
- A locale in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin; named for Wisconsin librarian and historian Lyman Draper.
- A community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada; named for businessman Thomas Draper.
- A residential locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
noun
- One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; a textile merchant.e.g.“[S]uch was the aberration of mind attending converse with a successful draper.” — 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 26:
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