tailoress
/teɪlərˈɛs
/noun
A female tailor: Jane had started working as a tailoress to boost her family’s income...
- During the war she became an apprentice tailoress at the shop.
- Ellen Smith lived with her aunt, and in the census of 1871 is described as a tailoress.
- Susan worked as a tailoress, as did her older sister, Florence, while their brother, Benjamin, joined George at the docks.