MILLINER  , originally a dealer in goods from the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, whence the name . Such goods were chiefly See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• WORK

work, including See also:

• CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery, needles, also arms and See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour and textile fabrics, See also:

• RIBBONS

ribbons, gloves and " Milan bonnets." The " milliners " of See also:

• LONDON

London, though never formed into a See also:

• LIVERY

Livery See also:

• COMPANY

Company seem to have been associated with the " Cappers and Hurers," which later were amalgamated with the " Haber-dashers " (q.v.) . Minsheu's derivation of the word from See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk, thousand (" as having a thousand small wares to sell "), though a typical instance of guessing etymologies, shows the See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of their See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in, the 16th and 17th centuries . The See also:

• MODERN

modern use of the word is confined chiefly to one who makes and sells bonnets and hats for See also:

• WOMEN

women; but articles of "millinery" include ribbons, laces, &c., usually retailed by haberdashers .