SEMPSTRESS

dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress

(noun) someone who makes or mends dresses

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sempstress (plural sempstresses)

A seamstress, a woman employed to sew.

Source: Wiktionary


Semp"stress, n.

Definition: A seamstress. Two hundred sepstress were employed to make me shirts. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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