seamster
[ seem-ster or, esp. British, sem- ]
/ ˈsim stər or, esp. British, ˈsɛm- /
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noun
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
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Origin of seamster
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Examples from the Web for seamster
My wife is a seamster, my auntie a cook I do janitor work or comon labor.
My "seamster," Maria, has a little girl who she sent me word should be my little chambermaid, and she wished me to name her.
Letters from Port Royal|VariousNot as clerk or seamster as in former days, but as half owner and proprietor.
Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale|Ida GlenwoodOne sees in it a natural outcome of his prentice life in London, as a shoemaker, a seamster, or what not.