[f. FEATHER sb. + MAN.] One who deals in feathers or plumes.
1621. B. Jonson, Gipsies Metamorph., Wks. (Rtldg.), 626/1.
| Six pickled tailors sliced and cut, | |
| Sempsters, and tirewomen, fit for his palate: | |
| With feathermen and perfumers put | |
| Some twelve in a charger to make a grand sallet. |
a. 1634. Randolph, Muses Looking-glasse, I. ii.
| And you sweet Featherman, whose ware though light, | |
| Oreweighs your Conscience. |
1724. Swift, Reasons agst. Exam. Drugs. The several trades … which depend on ours … such as that of hearses, coaches, coffins … feather-men and bell-ringers.
c. 1813. Mrs. Sherwood, Stories Ch. Catech., xxi. 202. Mother was so busy with that featherman, that it was of no use to ask her to hear me.
