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costumer

American  
[kos-too-mer, -tyoo-, ko-stoo-mer, -styoo-] / ˈkɒs tu mər, -tyu-, kɒˈstu mər, -ˈstyu- /

noun

  1. a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.

  2. a clothes tree.


Etymology

Origin of costumer

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; costume + -er 1

Example Sentences

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“People didn’t see costumes as something that you preserved,” says costumer Tony Villanueva, who first worked with Whitten in the mid ’80s.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

His wife, Mohammadifar, also worked in the world of film as a screenwriter and costumer designer.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

Henson, outfitted sumptuously by costumer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, gives “The Color Purple” a vivid, movie-star splash.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Knowles’ mother, seamstress Agnez Dereon, inspired her and Beyoncé’s interest in fashion and helped Knowles become the group’s famous costumer.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023

Why, you unthinking ingrate, only for that marked feature of the episode, you might at this moment be laid up in the hospital, if the stage hands, fiddlers, costumer, and bill-posters got in their work.

From A Pirate of Parts by Neville, Richard