[drey-per] 
| 1. | a dealer in cloth; a retail merchant or clerk who sells piece goods. |
| 2. | a retail merchant or clerk who sells clothing and dry goods. |
[drey-per] | 1. | Henry, 1837–82, U.S. astronomer. |
| 2. | his father, John William, 1811–82, U.S. chemist, physiologist, historian, and writer; born in England. |
| 3. | Ruth, 1884–1956, U.S. diseuse and writer of character sketches. |
| drap·er (drā'pər) n. Chiefly British A dealer in cloth or clothing and dry goods. [Middle English, weaver or seller of cloth, from Old French drapier, from drap, cloth; see drape.] |
| Dra·per (drā'pər) American astronomer who developed methods for photographing the heavens and was the first to photograph a stellar spectrum (1872) and a nebula (1880). |
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