hatter
n. countablen. a person who makes or sells hats. This word is also used in a funny way to describe someone who is acting crazy, like the character in Alice in Wonderland.
n. a person who makes, sells, or repairs hats. Often used in a literary or idiomatic sense to refer to a person who is eccentric or mad, particularly in reference to Lewis Carroll's 'Mad Hatter'.
The hatter showed me several different styles of felt hats.
In the nineteenth century, a skilled hatter could earn a good living by crafting high-quality top hats for the upper class.
The local hatter had been in business for over a century, passing down the intricate art of millinery to his grandchildren who now manage the shop.
From Middle English hatter; equivalent to hat + -er.
From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.