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milliner

[ mil-uh-ner ]

noun

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


milliner

/ ˈmɪlɪnə /

noun

  1. a person who makes or sells women's hats
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of milliner1

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); -er 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of milliner1

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

Milliner accrued just 6 AV over 21 games in three injury-riddled seasonsExpectations are high for the Bama players waiting to hear their names today, and they’ll all face some degree of pressure to make good on their first-round promise.

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.

His father died in 1980 and he was very close to his mother, a milliner, too.

The British milliner designed the exhibition in four small rooms, designed to give a “flavor of her Milan apartment.”

The play, Blow Me, catalogs Blow's life events, such as discovering milliner Philip Treacy and the late Alexander McQueen.

I was looking through photos of 19th-century Hudson, Ohio, and saw a sign for “Belle Mills, milliner.”

A Lowell factory-girl would consider this entirely out of character, and a New-York milliner would be shocked at the idea of it.

One of them was a sure-enough duchess, and she sent for the little milliner to do some work for her.

I am, for I never expected to rise to this w'en I was a milliner's 'prentice in London.'

Once it is proved to a customer that the milliner has this gift, her custom is assured.

A few years ago, an American woman of captivating address gained great reputation in Paris as a milliner.

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