cravateern.
/ˌkravəˈtɪə/, U.S. /ˌkrævəˈtɪ(ə)r/ rare.
1. A person employed to tie cravats or neckties.
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1838 W. J. Thoms Bk. of Court Introd. Ess. 28 If, however, when the cravat was put on, the Cravatier discovered that any part of it did not set well, the Cravatier could touch it, and himself put on the King's cravat in the absence of the superior officer.
1859 Chambers's Jrnl. 11 319 The master of the wardrobe put the cravat round the royal neck, while the ‘cravatteer’ tied it.
1967 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Safety Engineers Oct. 13 The Sun King himself was..complimented for the appointment of a court cravateer, whose sole employment consisted of correctly arranging Louis' cravat.
2. A designer or producer of cravats or neckties.
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1949 New Yorker 26 Feb. 34/1 Mrs. Whitman, who incorporated herself as a cravateer, and a countess, in 1938, has produced and sold more than a million ties, many of them designed by herself.
1953 Men's Wear 6 Feb. 137/1 In neckwear, the city's largest producer (Superba) has come out with its greatest color selection... The same cravateer has gone in heavily for 100 per cent Dacron polyester fiber promotions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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