I. de ‧ sign ‧ er 1 W3 /dɪˈzaɪnə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ design , ↑ designer ; verb : ↑ design ]
someone whose job is to make plans or patterns for clothes, furniture, equipment etc:
an interior designer
a software designer
dress/fashion designer
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COLLOCATIONS
■ types of designer
▪ a fashion designer (=for clothes)
the well-known fashion designer, Giorgio Armani
▪ a dress designer (=for clothes for women)
Christian Lacroix was one of Paris's most flamboyant dress designers.
▪ a top designer (=a very good and famous fashion designer)
She always wore clothes by top designers.
▪ an interior designer (=for the colours, materials etc inside people's homes)
The apartment's previous owners had hired an expensive interior designer.
▪ a graphic designer (=who designs the way pictures and words look in books, magazines etc)
He's been working as a graphic designer for two years.
▪ a software/program designer (=for computer programs)
Software designers are working on a new operating system.
▪ a Web designer (=for websites)
The software allows Web designers to embed small programs into their webpages.
▪ a garden/landscape designer (=for gardens)
A landscape designer was commissioned to design the garden.
▪ a furniture designer
The tables and chairs were made by the furniture designer Robert White.
▪ a costume designer (=for clothes for the actors in a play)
He spent eight years as a costume designer for TV commercials.
II. designer 2 BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
made by a well-known and fashionable designer
designer clothes/jeans/suits etc
designer label (=an expensive brand from a well-known designer)