seamster

American  

[seem-ster, sem-] / ˈsim stər, ˈsɛm- /

noun

1. a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.

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Etymology

Origin of seamster

before 1000; Middle English semster ( e ), Old English sǣmestre, sēamystre, feminine derivative of sēamere tailor; see seam, -ster

Example Sentences

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

Any seamster or cobbler or tailor or artificer of any trade keeps us shut up in prison for the luxurious and wanton pleasures of the clergy.

From The Love of Books The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury by Thomas, Ernest Chester