Shepster

noun

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Noun

1
A seamstress. obsolete
"14th century, William Caxton, Dialogues Mabyll the shepster Cheuissheth her right well"

Example

"14th century, William Caxton, Dialogues Mabyll the shepster Cheuissheth her right well"

Etymology

From Middle English shepster, shapster, shuppester, equivalent to shape + -ster.

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