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  • seamstress — ► NOUN ▪ a woman who sews, especially as a job. ORIGIN from archaic seamster «tailor, seamstress» …   English terms dictionary

  • Seamstress — Seam stress (?; 277), n. [From older seamster, properly fem., AS. se[ a]mestre. See {Seam}.] A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • seamstress — (n.) 1640s, with ESS (Cf. ess) + O.E. seamestre person whose work is sewing, from SEAM (Cf. seam). Originally indicating a woman, but the fem. ending estre no longer was felt as such in late Middle English and a new one added …   Etymology dictionary

  • seamstress — [sēm′stris, sem′stris] n. [ME seamestre, man or woman who sews < OE < seam, SEAM + additional fem. suffix ESS] a woman who is expert at sewing, esp. one who makes her living by sewing …   English World dictionary

  • seamstress — UK [ˈsemstrɪs] / US [ˈsɪmstrəs] noun [countable] Word forms seamstress : singular seamstress plural seamstresses a woman who sews and makes clothes as her job …   English dictionary

  • seamstress — I seamster, seamstress (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sewer, stitcher; dressmaker, tailor[ess]. See clothing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sewer, needleworker, designer, coutourière (French); see dressmaker , tailor …   English dictionary for students

  • seamstress — [[t]si͟ːmstrəs, se̱m [/t]] seamstresses N COUNT A seamstress is a woman who sews and makes clothes as her job. [OLD FASHIONED] …   English dictionary

  • seamstress — noun a woman who sews, especially as a job. Origin C16: from archaic seamster, sempster tailor, seamstress + ess1 …   English new terms dictionary

  • seamstress — noun Date: 1598 a woman whose occupation is sewing …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • seamstress — /seem stris/ or, esp. Brit., /sem /, n. a woman whose occupation is sewing. Also, sempstress. [1605 15; SEAMST(E)R + ESS] Usage. See ess. * * * …   Universalium

  • seamstress — noun A woman who sews clothes professionally. See Also: seamster …   Wiktionary

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