Meaning & use
glover
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A person who makes or sells gloves.
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The village glover crafted leather gloves by hand for generations of local farmers.
Museum records list a 16th-century glover among the town's most prosperous tradesmen.
A note on using this word
An old occupational term, now mostly encountered in historical writing or as a surname rather than in everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
glove maker
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