When I returned to London I called upon the milliner, who had recognised Straker as an excellent customer of the name of Derbyshire, who had a very dashing wife, with a strong partiality for expensive dresses.
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Milliner
//ˈmɪlɪnə//
Synonyms for "milliner" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (28)
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
12 entriesderived
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1 entriesetymologically related_to
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5 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- modisti noun (person who sells (women’s) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan)
- valmistaa naisten hattuja verb (to manufacture (women’s apparel, specifically hats); to supply (someone) with women’s apparel, specifically hats)
French
1 entries- modiste noun (person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women)
German
1 entries- Hutmacher noun (person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شاپقهجی noun (person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women)
Polish
4 entries- kapeluszniczka noun (person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women)
- kapelusznik noun (person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women)
- modysta noun (person who sells (women’s) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan)
- modystka noun (person who sells (women’s) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan)
Russian
3 entries- моди́стка noun (person who sells (women’s) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan)
- шля́пная мастери́ца noun (person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women)
- шля́пный ма́стер noun (person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women)
Swedish
1 entries- hattmakare noun (person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
These two girls had been above an hour in the place, happily employed in visiting an opposite milliner, watching the sentinel on guard, and dressing a salad and cucumber.
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Visitors get a feel for the colonial lifestyle by watching the costumed interpreters practice ancient crafts, such as blacksmithing and brickmaking, in much the same way they were practiced in 1700s America. People can stop by the apothecary to find out which medicines were used in colonial times or they can check out the milliner for fashionable accessories of the day.
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He hath ſongs for man, or vvoman, of all ſizes: No Milliner can ſo fit his cuſtomers vvith Gloues: […]
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