A person who makes cloth or clothing; a weaver, tailor, or garment manufacturer.
From cloth + maker. An older occupational term used from medieval times through the industrial period to describe anyone involved in the manufacture of cloth or finished garments, now mostly replaced by specific terms.
Medieval clothmakers in towns like Bruges and Florence were often among the wealthiest residents and held political power—the cloth trade was so economically important that clothmakers essentially ran their cities, making it one of history's first examples of manufacturing wealth creating political power.
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