# Louis Vuitton MALLETIER? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 17, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626 "2005-10-17T18:12:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/1 "2005-10-17T18:12:41Z")
What does “Malletier” in the name “Louis Vuitton Malletier” mean? Is it part of Louis Vuitton’s name? Does it mean “company” or something? ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/2 "2005-10-17T18:31:29Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > What does “Malletier” in the name “Louis Vuitton Malletier” mean? Is it part of Louis Vuitton’s name? Does it mean “company” or something? No. It means “suitcase-maker”. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/3 "2005-10-17T18:37:51Z")
Yeah, but there’s a lot of psychological baggage that comes with that. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/4 "2005-10-17T18:43:43Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > No. It means “suitcase-maker”. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/5 "2005-10-17T18:57:51Z")
Can anyone think of an English word for a person who makes suitcases, trunks, baggage, luggage, etc? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/6 "2005-10-17T21:01:33Z")
Malletier refers to someone endorsed by Danish royalty for their superb design and manufacture process of mallets. Espcieally rolled-leather mallets used in the primal sport of Danish mallet fencing. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/7 "2005-10-18T12:21:03Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Malletier refers to someone endorsed by Danish royalty for their superb design and manufacture process of mallets. Espcieally rolled-leather mallets used in the primal sport of Danish mallet fencing. I’m trying to get a serious question answered here for a serious purpose. If you’re joking, I wish you’d give a clear signal of that. ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/8 "2005-10-18T13:31:35Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Can anyone think of an English word for a person who makes suitcases, trunks, baggage, luggage, etc? Trunk-maker. (A boring answer, but there you go.) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/9 "2005-10-18T13:38:27Z")
> [@APB](#): > > Trunk-maker. (A boring answer, but there you go.) That’ll do I suppose. I was hoping there was some mediaeval-era terminology, like _fletcher_ for arrow-maker or _fuller_ for felt-maker. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/10 "2005-10-18T15:59:52Z")
::Sigh:: Or like malletier for [trunkmaker](http://www.duprel.com/resaid9.html)? feh… en garde! Ah haff mah dueling mallett readee to straike yeu! \*\* CLOCKE \*\* :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-vuitton-malletier/326626/11 "2005-10-18T16:10:18Z")
A thousand pardonnes. I failed to note that “Trunk-maker” had already been offered. Perhaps someone with an Oxford English Dictionary might be able to provide the history of the word, at least such as it has existed in English. Is there a French equivalent of the OED?