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Webster 1913 Edition
Hatter
Hat′ter
(-tẽr)
, Verb.
T.
[Prov. E., to entangle; cf. LG. ver
haddern
, verheddern
, verhiddern
.] To tire or worry; – with out.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
Hat′ter
,Noun.
One who makes or sells hats.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hatter
HAT'TER
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2025
Hatter
hatter
hatter
English
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
Derived terms
Synonyms
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)
Anagrams
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhatər/
Noun
hatter (plural hatters)
- (South Scots) a hassle
Verb
hatter (third-person singular present hatters, present participle hatterin, past hattered, past participle hattered)
- (South Scots) to bother; to get someone worked up