draper
呉服屋
解説 Definition
draper は、布地や衣料用の生地を売る店主・商人を指す「呉服屋」です。特にイギリス英語で、布地や服地を扱う人について使われる古めの語です。
A person who sells cloth and fabrics, especially one who historically owned or worked in a British shop dealing in material for clothing. The term is now old-fashioned and is most common in historical contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
draper は drape「布を掛ける」と同じ drap「布」の系統に、職業人を表す要素が付いた語です。現代の日常語というより、特に英国の歴史的文脈で服地を売る商人を指します。布を仕立てる tailor ではなく、rolls of cloth を見せ、測って販売する店主という場面で区別して覚えましょう。
Connect draper with drape and drapery, all of which concern cloth. Picture an old British market shop where the merchant displays rolls of fabric, measures the customer’s chosen length, and cuts it for sale. That merchant is the draper. This image also separates a draper from a tailor: the draper traditionally sells cloth, while the tailor makes or alters clothing from it. The word is old-fashioned today, so expect it mainly in historical descriptions, family occupations, and traditional business names rather than as the usual modern term for a fabric-store employee.
例文
The draper showed the customer several rolls of fine cloth.
その呉服屋は客に上質な布を何巻きか見せました。
My grandfather worked as a draper in a small market town.
私の祖父は小さな市場町で呉服屋として働いていました。
The draper measured the fabric carefully before cutting it.
その呉服屋は布を切る前に慎重に寸法を測りました。
draper の類義語・関連語
draper の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 drapier（布商人）から。drap（布）+ -ier（～する人）が語源で、布地を扱う商人を指した。関連語: drape（布を掛ける）、drapery（掛け布）。中世ヨーロッパで布は貴重な交易品であり、布商人は有力な職業だった。
Draper entered English from Old French drapier, meaning a dealer or maker associated with cloth. It was formed from drap, “cloth,” with an occupational suffix corresponding to “a person who works with or sells something.” The same cloth element appears in drape and drapery. In medieval and early modern Europe, cloth was a major trade commodity, so drapers often formed prominent commercial guilds and held considerable local influence.
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