robern.
/ˈrəʊbə/, U.S. /ˈroʊbər/ Now rare.
A person responsible for looking after, or investing another person in, an official robe or robes. Also: a robe maker.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making other items of clothing > one who makes other items of clothing
wimpler1260
paltock-maker1376
wimplester1379
point-maker1405
girdler1428
silk-maid1474
pointer1500
middlemana1525
jack-maker1541
paste-wife1550
silkman1553
body-maker1573
linen-armourer1603
bodice-maker1672
costumier1798
costumer1830
costumist1842
rober1852
stock-maker1858
tie-maker1901
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > robe or robes > one who > one who has charge of
robe-goer1701
rober1852
1852 E. Greswell Fasti Temporis Catholici III. xiv. iv. 131 We cannot doubt then that this crescent-shaped miniature image..so stoled and decked by the robers..was the very Osiris himself.
1884 Manch. Examiner 28 June 7/1 He was steward and rober to the Connaught Bar on Circuit.
1887 Eng. Hist. Rev. 2 480 A prepositus..summoned the robers to place the diadem on the imperial head.
1993 Guardian 22 June i. 18/2 I have been practising carefully for the office, first measuring my cap size for the robers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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