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# hatter

noun (a hatter, hatters); a name (the Mad Hatter)

«hatter» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who makes or sells hats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#m1)
2. (idiom) «As mad as a hatter» means very crazy or silly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#m2)
3. (a name) The Mad Hatter, a character in «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#m3)
4. In old Southern dialect, "hatter" is said for "have to", as in "I hatter go". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#m4)

### In the lessons

In reading lessons the Mad Hatter hosts a crazy tea party in «Alice in Wonderland». In history, hatters once used mercury to make felt hats, which could make them ill and act strangely; this may explain the saying «mad as a hatter». Phrases: mad as a hatter, the Mad Hatter's tea party.

### Examples

- The Mad Hatter's tea party never ended. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#x1)
- A hatter made top hats for the gentlemen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#x2)
- My uncle is as mad as a hatter, but very kind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#x3)
- Old hatters often became ill from the mercury in their work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#x4)
- The hatter measured my head for a new cap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#x5)
- We dressed up as the Mad Hatter for World Book Day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#x6)
- Bimeby you'll drap off en I'll hatter tote you up ter de big 'ouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/#x7)

### Note

Plural: hatters. Double t. «Mad as a hatter» is a jokey idiom; it is not kind to use «mad» about real mental illness. The work used to be dangerous because of mercury, a poison.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hatter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hatter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hatter.html) on Mova free.