- séamestre
- f (-an/-an) seamstress, (also of males) sewer, tailor
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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-ster — suffix denoting a person engaged in or associated with a particular activity or thing (brewster; gangster; youngster). Etymology: OE estre etc. f. Gmc * * * stə(r), following a vȯiced consonant, as in “mobster”, ztə or stə noun suffix ( s) … Useful english dictionary
seamster — noun Etymology: Middle English semester, semster, from Old English sēamestre seamstress, tailor, from sēam seam Date: before 12th century a person employed at sewing; especially tailor … New Collegiate Dictionary
Simester — This interesting and unusual name is of medieval English origin and is an occupational name for a tailor or seamstress. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century seamestre , the feminine form of seamere , a tailor. There are several… … Surnames reference
Simister — This interesting and unusual name is of medieval English origin and is an occupational name for a tailor or seamstress. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century seamestre , the feminine form of seamere , a tailor. There are several… … Surnames reference
sémestre — see séamestre … Old to modern English dictionary
sǽmestre — see séamestre … Old to modern English dictionary
seamstress — seam|stress [ˈsi:mstrıs, ˈsem US ˈsi:m ] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: seamster person who sews , from Old English seamestre, from seam] 1.) old fashioned a woman whose job is sewing and making clothes 2.) a woman who is good at sewing … Dictionary of contemporary English
seamstress — (n.) 1640s, with ESS (Cf. ess) + O.E. seamestre person whose work is sewing, from SEAM (Cf. seam). Originally indicating a woman, but the fem. ending estre no longer was felt as such in late Middle English and a new one added … Etymology dictionary
seamstress — [sēm′stris, sem′stris] n. [ME seamestre, man or woman who sews < OE < seam, SEAM + additional fem. suffix ESS] a woman who is expert at sewing, esp. one who makes her living by sewing … English World dictionary
seamstress — n. (also sempstress) a woman who sews, esp. professionally; a needlewoman. Etymology: OE seamestre fem. f. seamere tailor, formed as SEAM + STER + ESS(1) … Useful english dictionary
