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fashioner

American  
[fash-uh-ner] / ˈfæʃ ə nər /

noun

  1. a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.

  2. a tailor or modiste.


Etymology

Origin of fashioner

First recorded in 1540–50; fashion + -er 1

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British fashioner designer Mary Quant, who popularized the miniskirt and set the tone and look of the Swinging ’60s, dies at 93.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2023

On the face of it, that should be a good fit for Anderson, a filmmaker who has always been less a master storyteller than a supreme fashioner of story worlds.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2021

DC, which launched its Superman character in 1938 and Batman a year later, has long languished in the shadow of upstart Marvel Studios as a fashioner of movie mega-blockbusters.

From Time Jun. 16, 2013

Amos Sulka, 84, haberdasher to solid citizens like Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, fashioner of lush, loud ties for the carriage trade; in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir George meant that Mr. Gladstone's genius as a statesman, was constructive more than creative, the fashioner of progress.

From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by Milne, James

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