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hatter

1

[hat-er]

noun

  1. a maker or seller of hats.



hatter

2

[hat-er]

noun

Australian Informal.
  1. a person who has become eccentric from living alone in a remote area.

  2. a person who lives alone in the bush, as a herder or prospector.

hatter

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. a person who makes and sells hats

  2. crazily eccentric

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hatter1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; hat, -er 1

Origin of hatter2

First recorded in 1850–55; said to be from the phrase “as mad as a hatter”
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Idioms and Phrases

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Example Sentences

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Here, Cheshire cats and mad hatters have been bumped for odd shopkeepers and pot-smoking venture capitalists.

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In the past, Kimmel criticized Rodgers over his comments on Epstein, saying he is a "tin foil hatter" and joking that Rodgers should consider that it “might be time to revisit that concussion protocol.”

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Though Mr. Will described Ms. Thomas being “politically, mad as a hatter,” he unreasonably asserted that there is no reason to assume that she affects the jurisprudence of her husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

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The mad hatter theme is now becoming conventional wisdom among some of the foreign policy elite and media.

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True, the berets were the work of Stephen Jones, the inspired British hatter who has worked with Dior for a quarter-century.

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Who are the Hatters?

A Hatter is a student or member of the athletic program at Stetson University in Florida.

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