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embroiderer

American  
[em-broi-der-er] / ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər ər /

noun

embroiderers plural
  1. a person who embroiders, especially one who does so skillfully or professionally.


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In the country's center, in the village of San Isidro Buen Progreso, lives another embroiderer whose services the president has enlisted.

From Barron's Jan. 2, 2026

A professional hand embroiderer has been commissioned to design gold embroidery onto a rare Napoleonic military jacket.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2022

For our part, we are helped by labels by Young Yang Chung, New York-based embroiderer and textile scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2018

But you try and make sure you have the crew you need specifically for each character: The embroiderer, and so on.

From Time Jul. 14, 2017

The painter is a black man, and taller than the embroiderer, whose hair is yellowish, and was called Christopher Parker by his true name.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

"Vietnam has no shortage of highly skilled tailors and hand embroiderers, but many of them are overlooked and do not receive the income they deserve," she says.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Couture brands like Christian Dior, Prada and Gucci all have a secret weapon: the embroiderers at this Mumbai atelier, who are keeping over 5,000 years of cultural heritage alive.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Rather, she supports "the weavers, the embroiderers, all those who use backstrap looms in our country -- mostly women -- who are a source of national pride," the 63-year-old recently told journalists.

From Barron's Jan. 2, 2026

And there was less substantive coverage by a reporter smitten with the secretary of the French embroiderers union, Georgette Bouillot, who, according to the reporter, led Paris embroiderers on strikes.

From Washington Post Nov. 7, 2021

Gilds of embroiderers existed far back in medieval times.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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