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Definition of Seamster
1. Noun. A person whose occupation is making and altering garments.
Specialized synonyms: Fitter
Generic synonyms: Garment Worker, Garment-worker, Garmentmaker
Derivative terms: Sartorial, Seam, Tailor, Tailor
Definition of Seamster
1. n. One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew.
Definition of Seamster
1. Noun. A man who sews clothes professionally ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seamster
1. a person whose occupation is sewing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seamster
Literary usage of Seamster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mission, History and Times of the Farmers' Union: A Narrative of the by Charles Simon Barrett (1909)
"( Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Dr.
Lee seamster, OH Rhodes, and JS Turner, known to me to be the persons whose ..."
2. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"... or seamster is AS se'am-cs-tre, from siam, a seam, a sowing. The fem. sense is
now so far lost that the F. fem. suffix -ess has been added to songster ..."
3. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"... or seamster is AS se'am-es-tre, from seam, a seam, a sowing. The fern, sense
is now so far lost that the F. fern, suffix -ess has been added to songster ..."
4. Women of the Valois Court by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand (1893)
"Among them is a man whom the King knew, his tailor, his "seamster," as was said
in those ... On the scaffold the seamster recognizes the King, and while the ..."
5. Women of the Valois Court by Arthur Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand, Imbert de Saint-Amand (1893)
"Among them is a man whom the King knew, his tailor, his "seamster," as was said
in those ... On the scaffold the seamster recognizes the King, and while the ..."
6. The Mission, History and Times of the Farmers' Union: A Narrative of the by Charles Simon Barrett (1909)
"( Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Dr.
Lee seamster, OH Rhodes, and JS Turner, known to me to be the persons whose ..."
7. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"... or seamster is AS se'am-cs-tre, from siam, a seam, a sowing. The fem. sense is
now so far lost that the F. fem. suffix -ess has been added to songster ..."
8. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"... or seamster is AS se'am-es-tre, from seam, a seam, a sowing. The fern, sense
is now so far lost that the F. fern, suffix -ess has been added to songster ..."
9. Women of the Valois Court by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand (1893)
"Among them is a man whom the King knew, his tailor, his "seamster," as was said
in those ... On the scaffold the seamster recognizes the King, and while the ..."
10. Women of the Valois Court by Arthur Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand, Imbert de Saint-Amand (1893)
"Among them is a man whom the King knew, his tailor, his "seamster," as was said
in those ... On the scaffold the seamster recognizes the King, and while the ..."
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