patternmaker

American  

[pat-ern-mey-ker, pat-n-] / ˈpæt ərnˌmeɪ kər, ˈpæt n- /

Or pattern maker

noun

1. a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.

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Other Word Forms

• patternmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of patternmaker

First recorded in 1810–20; pattern + maker

Example Sentences

The patternmaker, who gave her name as Berivan, said she had been forced to give up on her dream of becoming a lawyer due to financial constraints.

From Reuters • May 8, 2023

For fashion assistance, she headed straight to Atelier Caito for Herve Pierre, a nearly 2-year-old collaboration between the Frenchman who styles first lady Melania Trump, and Nicolas Caito, a compatriot and veteran patternmaker.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2019

Seidel, a patternmaker by trade, was derided by ideological purists as a “Sewer Socialist” for building what would now be called infrastructure.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 14, 2019

Last week, popular fashion patternmaker Papercut Patterns posted a short video on Instagram of one of their patterns being reprinted.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2019

The patternmaker had said he believed he could make the pattern accurately enough so that no machining of the castings would be necessary.

From The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology by Berkebile, Donald H.