sempstress

American  

[semp-stris, sem-stris] / ˈsɛmp strɪs, ˈsɛm strɪs /

noun

1. seamstress.

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sempstress British  

/ ˈsɛmpstrɪs /

noun

1. a rare word for seamstress

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Gender

See -ess.

Example Sentences

The lower room was in profound darkness, and the little sempstress bade her companion stay at the door while she procured a light from the rush-candle, that always burnt in her mother's chamber above.

From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. by Moodie, Susanna

When the little girl was twelve years old, she and her mother left Cond�, and, after a short stay at Valenciennes, settled in Paris, where the latter found employment as a sempstress.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

You never can tell with girls how soon such things may be wanted, and then I should have no occasion to apply either to the weaver, or the sempstress.

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold

The sempstress Leegart chanced to be passing by on her way home from the forest mill, wishing to see the spot where she once lost her way.

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. by Auerbach, Berthold

After many applications a little new linen was obtained; but the sempstress having marked it with crowns, the municipal officers insisted on the princesses picking the marks out, and they were forced to obey.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883