seamster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of seamster
before 1000; Middle English semster ( e ), Old English sǣmestre, sēamystre, feminine derivative of sēamere tailor; see seam, -ster
Example Sentences
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One of them is a seamster who taught two other men to sew, and they’ve been producing masks with whimsical prints — purple flowers, anchors, foxes — that they’re giving to anyone who needs one.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2020
He left Moria, found a job as a house worker and then as a seamster, rented a house in Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, where he has chosen to stay, his asylum application accepted.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
Perhaps the most prominent seamster is ex-Candidate Ed Muskie, whose father was a tailor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here’s a secret: I was a much better seamster than I let on.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Not as clerk or seamster as in former days, but as half owner and proprietor.
From Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood
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