embroideress

American  

[em-broi-der-is] / ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər ɪs /

noun

1. a woman who embroiders.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of embroideress

First recorded in 1715–25; embroider + -ess

Example Sentences

Matthew Paris, in his Life of St. Alban, tells of an excellent embroideress, Christine, Prioress of Margate, who lived in the middle of the twelfth century.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs

Different qualities of this material will be suggested to the embroideress by her needs; but, before passing to other things, I should not omit mention of the charming linen woven at Langdale.

From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various

The good sister took her leave, and Monsieur Tamiasse left me to have a t�te-�-t�te with Claude's prot�g�e, whilst he at once wrote off to the lady embroideress who was to take charge of her.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix

Do�a Paula declared she must have done so; the embroideress wept, and there was a regular scene.

From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

They sabre at her own home, 240, Rue Saint Martin, a poor embroideress, Mdlle.

From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Hugo, Victor