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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.

Noun.

ho'zhur. One who deals in stockings and socks, &c.

hosier ‎(plural hosiers)

One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
William Blake's father was a hosier.
- 1837, Nathaniel Whittock, J. Bennett, editor, The complete book of trades, volume 1, 1st edition, page 289:
  Haberdasher and hosier. Each of those trades merge in the other, occasionally;..our Hosiers seldom confine their dealings to the wares which clothe our legs.