silkmann.
/ˈsɪlkmən/ One who makes or deals in silks.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns
mercerc1230
clothier1362
draper1362
woolman1390
yarn-chopper1429
line-draper1436
Welsh drapera1525
telerc1540
purple-seller1547
linen-draper1549
staplera1552
silkman1553
woollen-draper1554
wool-driver1555
woolster1577
linener1616
woolner1619
linen-man1631
ragman1649
rag merchant1665
slop-seller1665
bodice-seller1672
piece-broker1697
wool-stapler1709
cloth-man1723
Manchester-man1755
fleece-merchanta1774
rag dealer1777
man's mercer1789
keelman1821
man-mercer1837
cotton-broker1849
slopper1854
shoddyite1865
costumier1886
cotton-man1906
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 > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > manufacture of fabric from specific materials > one who manufactures other fabrics
velvet-maker1530
velvet-weaver1530
silkman1553
rash-maker1590
fustian-man1720
1553 in Archaeologia 12 394 Laurence Ball, sylkeman.
1576 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 413 John Weaver..in London silkman.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 29 He is indited to dinner..to master Smooths the silk man . View more context for this quotation
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 32 Four sylkemen and four dyers to be chosen by the Master and Wardens.
1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xv. 246/1 The Silkmen were incorporated by King Charles I..; now they are not so.
1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 491/2 The silk is bought through the London brokers or the Coventry silkmen, at a credit of five months.
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