seamstress

[seem-stris, sem-]

noun

1. a woman whose occupation is sewing.

seamstress

/ ˈsɛmpstrɪs, ˈsɛmstrɪs /

noun

1. a woman who sews and makes clothes, esp professionally

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seamstress¹

First recorded in 1605–15; seamst(e)r + -ess