milliner

[ mil-uh-ner ]

/ ˈmɪl ə nər /

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noun

a person who designs, makes, or sells hats for women.

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Origin of milliner

First recorded in 1520–30; variant of obsolete Milaner “native of Milan, dealer in goods from Milan” (Milan was formerly accented on the first syllable); see -er¹

Words nearby milliner

millimeter, millimetre, millimicron, millimole, milline, milliner, millinery, milling, milling machine, Millington, million

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How to use milliner in a sentence

A 23-year-old son of a milliner from the city of Vyborg, he was drafted into the army when the Soviet Union invaded Finland.
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His father died in 1980 and he was very close to his mother, a milliner, too.
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The British milliner designed the exhibition in four small rooms, designed to give a “flavor of her Milan apartment.”
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The play, Blow Me, catalogs Blow's life events, such as discovering milliner Philip Treacy and the late Alexander McQueen.
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I was looking through photos of 19th-century Hudson, Ohio, and saw a sign for “Belle Mills, milliner.”
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A Lowell factory-girl would consider this entirely out of character, and a New-York milliner would be shocked at the idea of it.
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One of them was a sure-enough duchess, and she sent for the little milliner to do some work for her.
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I am, for I never expected to rise to this w'en I was a milliner's 'prentice in London.'
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Once it is proved to a customer that the milliner has this gift, her custom is assured.
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A few years ago, an American woman of captivating address gained great reputation in Paris as a milliner.
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British Dictionary definitions for milliner

milliner

/ (ˈmɪlɪnə) /

noun

a person who makes or sells women's hats

Word Origin for milliner

C16: originally Milaner, a native of Milan, at that time famous for its fancy goods

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