patternmaker

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One who makes patterns, as for sewing, carpentry, or industrial machinery.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In mech. engin., a workman who makes the patterns used by molders in foundry-work. These patterns are usually made, in the first instance, of pine or mahogany, the pattern-maker working from drawings. If the patterns are to be much used, they are frequently duplicated in metal, the pattern after casting being filed and scoured smooth, then warmed, and coated with wax. Metal patterns have the advantage of not warping like wood patterns. Patterns are also sometimes made of plaster of Paris swept by templets while in a plastic state. This method has been successfully applied in architectural ironwork in the production of cornices and analogous forms. Pattern-making is a distinct trade, requiring great skill in wood-working, combining as it does the finest joinery-work with the art of wood-carving and the ability to read and interpret the most complicated mechanical drawings.

Wiktionary

1. n. someone whose occupation is to make patterns, especially those used as a guide in the manufacture of something else

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentery or metalworking).

WordNet 3.0

1. n. someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking)