Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tailor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man or woman employed in sewing: in early use applied to those who sewed leather as well as cloth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A man who
sews clothes professionally
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_ My "seamster," Maria, has a little girl who she sent me word should be my little chambermaid, and she wished me to name her.
Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson
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Whereas Epperson is a master seamster and not a bad designer.
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The fabric the seamster used to craft this piece of awesome is being discontinued.
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This set of patchwork heart sachets from CraftyStylish is likely more appropriate for a confident seamster than for a newbie, but seriously?
DIY Valentine: Oodles of Online Tutes for Your Crafty, Creative Sweeties 2009
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I was afraid of sewing from a pattern when I was a novice seamster, ironically, but now that I sew well, I enjoy using patterns to create more complicated clothing with attractive detailing and sophisticated elements.
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I definitely don't like seamster - it's no more inclusive than seamstress, since as far as I have always understood the -ster is derived from sister (think spinster), and it always makes me think of some kind of gang with strange rules and leather jackets (I realize this doesn't go with the first reason but it's what pops into my head).
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Any seamster or cobbler or tailor or artificer of any trade keeps us shut up in prison for the luxurious and wanton pleasures of the clergy.
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While the producers allowed me to have a cell phone, it was kept with the seamster (tailor) in Sewing World (their name for where all the actual sewing takes place).
brile Diary Entry brile 2002
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Kirk watched the seamster for several moments before he finally had to ask, What are you doing, Bones?
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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Kirk watched the seamster for several moments before he finally had to ask, What are you doing, Bones?
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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