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[ seem-stris or, especially British, sem- ] / ˈsim strɪs or, especially British, ˈsɛm- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR seamstress ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna woman whose occupation is sewing. Origin of seamstressFirst recorded in 1605–15; seamst(e)r + -ess usage note for seamstressSee -ess. Words nearby seamstresssea moss, seamoth, seamount, sea mouse, seamster, seamstress, seamy, seamy side, Sean, Seanad Éireann, séance Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for seamstressMavis Lilian Lever was born in Dulwich, south London, on May 5, 1921, the daughter of a postal worker and a seamstress. Week in Death: The Woman Who Cracked Hitler’s Codes|The Telegraph|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Danny, the only child of Su Zhen, a seamstress, and Yan Tao, a chef, lived in public housing on the Lower East Side. Arrests of Service Men Raises Question of Racism in Soldier's Death|Diane Herbst|December 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST Her mother was a seamstress and her father drove a delivery truck for Coca-Cola. Joy Behar's New Point of View|Kevin Sessums|May 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST The “team of stylists” around her in Minneapolis that Palin describes consisted of Kline, her assistant, and a seamstress. Palin's Katie Couric Myths|Shushannah Walshe|November 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
She had a better life of it at the seamstress's in King Street. Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 2 of 3)|John Doran To be a seamstress at Madame Michaud's—the odious idea of it! The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax|Harriet Parr Yet she hesitated to enter the house while the Hodges were away, even though she felt certain the seamstress would not mind. Clue of the Silken Ladder|Mildred A. Wirt Any seamstress who can cut and make an ordinary work shirt can make an adickey if your outfitter cannot supply it. Packing and Portaging|Dillon Wallace That's the seamstress who was mentioned to me by a small tenant of mine? Little Dorrit|Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for seamstressseamstressrarely sempstress (ˈsɛmpstrɪs)
nouna woman who sews and makes clothes, esp professionally Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to seamstresstailor, clothier, dressmaker |