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wigmaker

American  
[wig-mey-ker] / ˈwɪgˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a person who makes or sells wigs.


Etymology

Origin of wigmaker

First recorded in 1705–15; wig + maker

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The three‑act farce tells the story of a credulous father whose obsession with astrology leads him to force his young daughter to marry an old wigmaker.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

Despite being a wigmaker for eight years, she said it was not an easy task as she "felt exhausted" during the process.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2023

Both Morgan and Byrne immediately thought of wigmaker Martial Corneville.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2020

Every wigmaker has their own process and the way that they make a pattern.

From Slate May 6, 2020

Local matters, always the most interesting of any to the inhabitants of a town not great enough to be cosmopolitan but full of distinct and striking individuality, furnished the poetical wigmaker with his first themes.

From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by Reid, George

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