OUTFITTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outfitter mean? 

• OUTFITTER (noun)
  The noun OUTFITTER has 2 senses:

1. someone who sells men's clothes

2. a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose

  Familiarity information: OUTFITTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTFITTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who sells men's clothes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

an outfitter provided everything needed for the safari

Hypernyms ("outfitter" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)