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wardrobe(dictionary)
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The(dictionary)
cater(1)(dictionary)
cater(2)(dictionary)
cater(3)(dictionary)
cater(4)(dictionary)
cater(dictionary)
cater-cousin(dictionary)

cater-cousin (iou) and wardrobe (iou)


cater-cousin (iou)



cater-cousin noun. arch. E16.
[Origin of 1st elem. uncertain: perh. from CATER noun1 with ref. to boarding together.]
An intimate friend.

wardrobe (iou)



wardrobe noun. ME.
[Old Northern French warderobe var. of Old & mod. French garderobe, from garder GUARD verb + robe ROBE noun1. Cf. GARDEROBE.]
A private chamber; esp. a bedroom. ME-L17.
A room for storing clothes or armour, usu. adjoining a bedroom; a dressing-room. LME-M19.
A department of a royal or noble household in charge of clothing. Also, the building in which the officers of this department work. LME.
A person's entire stock of clothes; a collection of clothing for a particular season, activity, etc. LME.
J. Carlyle The weather is grown horribly cold, and I am..intent..on getting my winter wardrobe into order. Woman's Own Add a dash of colour to your wardrobe with our..cardi.
A large movable or built-in cupboard, fitted with rails, shelves, hooks, etc., for storing clothes, esp. in a bedroom. L16.
A room in which theatrical costumes and props are kept; the costume department or costumes of a theatre, Film studio, etc. E18.
Stage & Television Today She was asked..to help out in the wardrobe at the Flora Hall, Scarborough.
Comb.: wardrobe mistress, wardrobe master a person in charge of a theatrical or Film wardrobe, or of the professional wardrobe of an actor or actress; wardrobe-room: in which the stage costumes are stored in a theatre; wardrobe trunk: fitted with rails, shelves, etc., for use as a travelling wardrobe.
wardrober noun (obsolete exc. Hist.) an officer of a royal household in charge of clothing LME.