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OUTFITTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose
Example:
an outfitter provided everything needed for the safari
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outfitter" is a kind of...):
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who sells men's clothes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("outfitter" is a kind of...):
garment-worker; garment worker; garmentmaker (a person who makes garments)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Derivation:
outfit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)