milliner

[mil-uh-ner]

noun

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

Origin of milliner

1520–30; variant of obsolete Milaner native of Milan, dealer in goods from Milan; see -er¹

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Examples from the Web for milliner

Contemporary Examples

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.
The Jews Who Fought for Hitler: ‘We Did Not Help the Germans. We Had a Common Enemy’
The Telegraph
March 10, 2014
His father died in 1980 and he was very close to his mother, a milliner, too.
BP, Putin, and the Power of Oil
Tim Teeman
March 9, 2014
The British milliner designed the exhibition in four small rooms, designed to give a “flavor of her Milan apartment.”
Anna Piaggi's 'Hat-ology' Exhibition Opens in Milan
Liza Foreman
September 23, 2013
I was looking through photos of 19th-century Hudson, Ohio, and saw a sign for “Belle Mills, milliner.”
Tracy Chevalier’s Novel on Ohio’s Underground Railroad
Jane Ciabattari
January 17, 2013
How about Belle Mills, the milliner who worked on the Underground Railroad?
Tracy Chevalier’s Novel on Ohio’s Underground Railroad
Jane Ciabattari
January 17, 2013

Historical Examples

It did help the milliner, too, for I bought three and they were printed in the papers.
The Bacillus of Beauty
Harriet Stark
In the fulness of time a milliner came in, and to her she repaired on her own behalf.
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
My mother had sent for the milliner, who arrived with various hats.
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt
I had seen him "just look" at the typing-girl and at the Brixton milliner.
Ruggles of Red Gap
Harry Leon Wilson
And her milliner, a most unreasonable woman, had sent word that she must be paid.
The First Violin
Jessie Fothergill

British Dictionary definitions for milliner

milliner

noun

a person who makes or sells women's hats

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for milliner

n.

mid-15c., "vendor of fancy wares, especially those made in Milan," Italian city, famous for straw works, fancy goods, ribbons, bonnets, and cutlery. Meaning "one who sells women's hats" may be from 1520s, certainly by 18c. (it is difficult in early references to know whether the word means a type of merchant or "a resident of Milan" who is selling certain wares).

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Examples from the Web for milliner

Contemporary Examples

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.”

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

How about Belle Mills, the milliner who worked on the Underground Railroad?

Historical Examples

It did help the milliner, too, for I bought three and they were printed in the papers.

In the fulness of time a milliner came in, and to her she repaired on her own behalf.

My mother had sent for the milliner, who arrived with various hats.

I had seen him "just look" at the typing-girl and at the Brixton milliner.

And her milliner, a most unreasonable woman, had sent word that she must be paid.

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Word Origin and History for milliner

n.

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