hosiere

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hoser, hosier, hosuar, hosyer, hosyere
• hosyrer (Catholicon Anglicum); hosior (Norfolk); hoseare, hoseȝere, hosiare (Promptorium Parvulorum)

Etymology

From hose (“stockings”) +‎ -iere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔ̞ːziər(ə)/, /ˈhɔ̞ːzjər(ə)/, /ˈhɔ̞ːzər(ə)/

Noun

hosiere (plural hosieres)

1. hosier (maker of stockings)

Descendants

• English: hosier

References

• “hōsier, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2019.