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French: cadissier

English translation: knitwear maker







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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:cadissier
English translation:knitwear maker
Entered by:Stephanie Mitchel
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French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Genealogy / family deeds
French term or phrase: cadissier
Year of record: 1632. France (Gard).

"Contrat de mariage entre X, cadissier de St-Etienne-de-Lom, [etc.]"
Stephanie Mitchel
United States
knitwear maker
Explanation:
Fabricant de pièces de laine tricotées (cadis).
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mediamatrix
Chile
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4knitwear makermediamatrix
4woollen draperBourth
3weaverJolanta Tuzel


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
knitwear maker

Explanation:
Fabricant de pièces de laine tricotées (cadis).


    Reference: http://www.vieuxmetiers.org/lettre_c.htm
mediamatrix
Chile
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree François UTARD: 100% right
1 hr
agree Antonio Lacerda de Barros: je suis d´accord. http://www.websters-dictionary-online.net/kn/knitter.html
3 hrs
agree A-C Robertson
8 hrs
agree Suzanne Kirk
14 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
woollen draper

Explanation:
If I may hark back to my answer to your other question where I quoted

cadissier ouvrier faisant des étoffes de serge de laine
http://www.cevenols.com/vieuxmetiers.htm

I suggested "woollen draper" for "marchand facturier", but it would work here too (I strongly suspect there is little difference between "marchand facturier (en laine)" and "cadissier".

SOED:
woollen draper - A dealer in woollen goods
draper - 1. Orig. one who made (woollen) cloth. Subseq. A dealer in cloth, whence, now, in other textile fabrics ...

While the other suggestions are good definitions of the French terms, they are not translations reflecting the period. I believe these are. Not many French people will understand "cadissier" or "marchand facturier" without the help of a (very good) dictionary; I doubt many people these days know what a draper does these days, let alone what he specialized in hundreds of years ago.


Bourth
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Antonio Lacerda de Barros: Concerning the level of diffuculty, I agree.
1 hr
neutral mediamatrix: I think you are over-looking the difference between weaving and knitting
12 hrs
  -> You obviously think it matters.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
weaver

Explanation:
another possibility

Jolanta Tuzel
United States
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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