MILLINER

hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste

(noun) someone who makes and sells hats

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

milliner (plural milliners)

A person who is involved in the manufacture, design, or sale of hats for women.

Hypernyms: hatmaker, hatter

Proper noun

Milliner (plural Milliners)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Milliner is the 12775th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2415 individuals. Milliner is most common among White (51.64%) and Black/African American (42.32%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary


Mil"li*ner, n. Etym: [From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan, in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's finery.]

1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women. [Obs.] No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak.

2. A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women. Man milliner, a man who makes or deals in millinery; hence, contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling occupations or embellishments.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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