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Draper

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Noun

1. draper

a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Draper

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noun
British
a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials
noun
1. 
Henry. 1837–82, US astronomer, who contributed to stellar classification and spectroscopy
2. 
his father, John William. 1811–82, US chemist and historian, born in England, made the first photograph of the moon

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Draper

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1. 
Henry1837-82; U.S. astronomer
2. 
John William1811-82; U.S. historian & scientist, born in England: father of Henry
noun
1.  Obsolete
a maker of cloth
2.  British
a dealer in cloth and dry goods

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Draper

see synonyms of draper
American astronomer who developed methods for photographing the heavens and was the first to photograph a stellar spectrum (1872) and a nebula (1880).
n.
Chiefly British
A dealer in cloth or clothing and dry goods.

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