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Milliner

//ˈmɪlɪnə// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
A person who sells (women's) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan. archaic
"He hath ſongs for man, or vvoman, of all ſizes: No Milliner can ſo fit his cuſtomers vvith Gloues: […]"
2
someone who makes and sells hats wordnet
3
A person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women. specifically
"The Milliner muſt be thoroughly verſed in Phyſiognomy; in the Choice of Ribbons ſhe muſt have a particular regard to the Complexion, and muſt ever be mindful to cut the Head-dreſs to the Dimentions of the Face."

Verb

1
To manufacture (women's apparel, specifically hats); also, to supply (someone) with women's apparel, specifically hats. archaic, transitive
"We pass over his ridiculous observation […] that Sallust has been "man-millinered by Dr. [Henry] Steuart;" for on what we do not understand we can make no remarks."
2
To adorn or decorate (something). archaic, figuratively, transitive
"We would not have Poesy to be greatly millinered, whatever fashions other ladies may adopt; and when we meet her corseted in the iron framework of the sonnet's rhymes, and crinolined about with the unyielding drapery of its fourteen lines, we feel that she is no doubt elegantly dressed, but we long to see her in any other attire she is wont to put on."

Etymology

Etymology 1

The noun is a variant of Milaner (“(obsolete) inhabitant or native of Milan”) (referring to the importation and sale of women’s apparel, etc., made in Milan: see noun sense 1), from Late Middle English Milener, Miloner (“native of Milan”), from Milan + -er(e) (suffix denoting an inhabitant or resident). The verb is derived from the noun.

Etymology 2

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