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seamstress

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seam·stress  (smstrs)
n.
A woman who sews, especially one who makes her living by sewing.
seamstress [ˈsɛmstrɪs] rarely, sempstress [ˈsɛmpstrɪs]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a woman who sews and makes clothes, esp professionally
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.seamstress - someone who makes or mends dressesseamstress - someone who makes or mends dresses  
dressmaker, needlewoman, sempstress, modiste
garment worker, garment-worker, garmentmaker - a person who makes garments
Translations
seamstress [ˈsemstrɪs] N → costurera f
seamstress [ˈsiːmstrəs] (old-fashioned) n → couturière f
seamstress
n → Näherin f
seamstress [ˈsɛmstrɪs] n → sarta
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Martha had earned her bread sometimes as a seamstress, sometimes as help to a farmer's wife, sometimes as school-mistress of the village children, sometimes as a nurse or watcher of the sick, thus acquiring a varied experience, the ultimate use of which she little anticipated.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
From the farmer-general of seventy, whose riches could not buy his life, to the seamstress of twenty, whose poverty and obscurity could not save her.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
The citizen made a fresh pause and continued, "I have a wife who is seamstress to the queen, monsieur, and who is not deficient in either virtue or beauty.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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