Definitions
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- n. A person who embroiders
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. One who embroiders.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who embroiders, in any sense of the word.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. someone who ornaments with needlework
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the catalog cover of Christie's evening sale Tuesday is Francisco Goya's portrait of Don Juan López de Robredo, embroiderer to King Carlos IV of Spain estimate: £4 million-£6 million.
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Christie's Images The Francisco Goya portrait of Don Juan López de Robredo, the embroiderer to King Carlos IV of Spain, is estimated at £4 million-£6 million.
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The vestments and mitre were a gift of the Abbot to the Pope, and they are the work of Piero Montelli from Verona, perhaps the most famous, but alas famously exclusive, vestment maker and embroiderer in Italy.
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It was donated by Henry VII, having been embroidered in 1498 by Robynett his court embroiderer.
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By the way, Mary Queen of Scots really was an avid embroiderer.
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Also artistic director of the embroiderer Hurel, the fashion designer was elected president of the Paris Fashion Group in 2008.
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An embroiderer bedazzles it with sequins, while another artisan applies designs in gold, silver and copper foil.
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Though arthistory has come to categorise him asan embroiderer, thisfirst UK exhibition of Obrist's work brings together the few surviving examples ofhis three-dimensional output.
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In between the wars and after her bus driving stint, Kain worked as an embroiderer.
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Some, like shawl embroiderer Fancy Jan, 25, were caught in crossfire.
In Kashmir, stone throwers face off with Indian security forces
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