Seamstress
//ˈsɛm(p).stɹɪs// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A woman who sews clothes professionally.
"[…] the Seamſtreſs brought in her ſilver thimble, the Chamber-maid her Bodkin, the Cook his ſilver ſpoon, the Vintner his Bowl into the common Treaſury of War and they who contributed to ſo pious a work, were invited more then others in ſome Churches to come to the Holy Communion in the very time of adminiſtration; […]"
- 2 a woman who makes or mends dresses wordnet
Example
More examples"Rosa Parks wasn't simply a tired seamstress who sat down by accident. She was a civil rights leader with the eye of a strategist and the heart of a warrior."
Etymology
From seamster + -ess.
More for "seamstress"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.