fashionern.
/ˈfaʃənə/, /ˈfaʃn̩ə/, U.S. /ˈfæʃənər/ a. One that fashions; one that gives fashion or shape to; a creator, maker.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creator
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1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus 1 Cor. in Paraphr. New Test. xi. f. 11 The man is principall doer and fashioner.
1615 J. Loiseau de Tourval tr. H. de Feynes Exact Surv. E. Indies Pref. sig. B j a The Fashioner of this work.
a1673 J. Caryl in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1886) VII. Ps. cxxxix 14 God is the..fashioner of us all.
1809 J. West Mother (1810) 224 Fancy, fashioner of ills Most horrible.
1820 W. Scott Monastery III. xii. 342 A fashioner of doublets.
1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 27 A new era of which he was..the fashioner.
b. One who makes articles of dress; a tailor costumier, modiste. Obsolete or archaic. [Compare French façonnier, ‘ouvrier qui travaille aux ouvrages façonnés’ (Littré).]
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor
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knight of the shears-
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > design > designer
fashioner1631
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couturière1818
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creator1901
fashion-designer1909
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes v. i. 16 in Wks. II Where is my Fashioner?..Linnener? Perfumer? Barber?
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Fashioner, as the Queen's Fashioner, or Taylor.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 207 Mr. Coshgrave, the fashioner in Shuffolk-street.
1826 W. Scott Malachi Malagrowther i. 52 Those humble fashioners..went to work by measuring the person of their customer.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fashioner..a tailor.
1859 R. F. Burton Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 323 Fashion and its fashioners.
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