Sempstress
//ˈsɛmpstɹɪs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A seamstress, a woman employed to sew.
"Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn."
- 2 a woman who makes or mends dresses wordnet
Example
More examples"Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn."
Etymology
From sempster + -ess.
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