/ 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 .
/ 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 .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005