Definitions for hosiers

hosiers ho·sier

Spelling: [hoh-zher]
IPA: /ˈhoʊ ʒər/

Hosiers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in hosiers (ehiorss).

Definitions for hosiers

noun

  1. a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.

Origin of hosiers

First recorded in 1375-1425, hosier is from the late Middle English word hosiare. See hose, -ier1

Examples for hosiers

There was never any ice on the window-panes like there was at the grocer's and the hosier's opposite.

Yes, sir, a hosier said to me the other day; I do like my cat.

Another person, John Mason, a hosier, occupied one-half of the tenement.

Did you see among the embassy, that big ambassador who is a hosier?

He was a hosier in Aberdeen, but came to London to improve his fortunes.

Why, Lucie was the daughter of a hosier, and the grand-daughter of a farmer.

This hosier was an equal, who had just held his own before monsieur the cardinal.

Supposing the hatter, the hosier, and the shoemaker, each paid 10l.

He was the son of a hosier, whose real name was not O'Neill, as some have maintained.

The stocking denoted the hosier, the gridiron the ironmonger, and so on.

Word Value for hosiers
Scrable

9

Words with friends

8

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