Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Haberdasher

Haberdasher (hab"ẽr*dash`ẽr) , noun

[Probably from Icelandic hapurtask trumpery, trifles, perh. through French. It is possibly akin to English haversack, and to Icelandic taska trunk, chest, pocket, German tasche pocket, and the orig. sense was perh., peddler's wares.]

1.
A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread. [Obsolete]
2.
A dealer in items of men's clothing, such as hats, gloves, neckties, etc.
The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats. — Gascoigne
3.
A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.