modiste
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A woman who deals in articles of fashion, particularly in women's apparel; a milliner or dressmaker.
Examples
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'I rather stand in awe of a good milliner or modiste,' she nodded gravely.
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But Delia More did not answer, and at this I was puzzled, for I think that Calliope has lived in Friendship since the beginning, when she and Liddy Ember were partners in their little 'modiste' shop.
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On emerging from the theatre, he refused to look at the garter of a modiste who was stepping across a gutter, and Courfeyrac, who said: 'I should like to put that woman in my collection,' almost horrified him.
Note
This word comes from the French ‘mode,’ fashion.
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