SEAMSTRESS


Meaning of SEAMSTRESS in English

/ ˈsiːmstrəs; NAmE ; ˈsem-/ noun

( old-fashioned ) a woman who can sew and make clothes or whose job is sewing and making clothes

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from archaic seamster , sempster tailor, seamstress + -ess .

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