wardrobe mistress

noun

1. a woman in charge of keeping theatrical costumes cleaned, pressed, and in wearable condition.

wardrobe mistress

noun

1. a person responsible for maintaining and sometimes making the costumes in a theatre

Word History and Origins

Origin of wardrobe mistress¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Some of the fancy things could be executed by a competent wardrobe mistress, if some one would give her the ideas.

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There was also a matter of twenty dollars or so still to be paid to the wardrobe mistress and her assistant.

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The stage costumes hung in neat ranks outside under the eye of the wardrobe mistress.

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The wardrobe mistress hurries from one to another, needle and thread in hand.

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In a less sloppily organized company I'd be called wardrobe mistress, I guess.

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