† hurrer Obs.
Also 5 hurer, 6 -ar, 8 hurrier.
[f. hure n. cap + -er1.]
A maker of, or dealer in, hats and caps; = haberdasher a.
| 1403 Close Roll 4 Hen. IV b, Johannes Spark, hurer. 1482 Rolls Parlt. VI. 223/2 No..Hurer, Capper or other..put..eny Huers, Bonettes or Cappes..to be fulled or thikked at eny suche Mille. 1598 Stow Surv. xxxiii. (1603) 301 Hat Marchantes or Hurrers. 1657 Howell Londinop. 304 The Cappers, and Hat-Merchants, or Hurrers, being one Company of Haberdashers. 1766 Entick London IV. 127 The haberdashers..were anciently known by the name of hurriers and milleners. |