needlewoman

American  

[need-l-woom-uhn] / ˈnid lˌwʊm ən /

noun

needlewomen plural

1. a woman who does needlework.

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needlewoman British  

/ ˈniːdəlˌwʊmən /

noun

1. a woman who does needlework; seamstress

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Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• needlewomen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of needlewoman

First recorded in 1605–15; needle + woman

Example Sentences

The outline for the first series was based partly on the stories of Eileen's parents, an underbutler and a needlewoman in the Edwardian era, and partly by Jean's reading preferences.

From Time Magazine Archive

A needlewoman of extraordinary skill, she has made a lavishly embroidered silk purse out of the sow's ear of realism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Guenever stitched away with the half-blank mind of a needlewoman, the other half of her brain moving idly among her troubles.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

It crept into that attic in Parker’s Piece, where that poor needlewoman lived. 

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

It is the growth of the last half-century, prior to which the real sewing-machine was the heavy-eyed, if not tireless, needlewoman, whose flying fingers seemed ever in vain pursuit of the flying hours.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert