hosiere

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === hoser, hosier, hosuar, hosyer, hosyere hosyrer (Catholicon Anglicum); hosior (Norfolk); hoseare, hoseȝere, hosiare (Promptorium Parvulorum) === Etymology === From hose (“stockings”) +‎ -iere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔ̞ːziər(ə)/, /ˈhɔ̞ːzjər(ə)/, /ˈhɔ̞ːzər(ə)/ === Noun === hosiere (plural hosieres) hosier (maker of stockings) ==== Descendants ==== English: hosier ==== References ==== “hōsier, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2019.