Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who makes, fits, or sells corsets, brassieres, girdles, and similar undergarments.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French corsetière, feminine of corsetier, corset-maker, from corset, corset, from Old French; see corset.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word corsetiere.

Examples

  • In 1899, an ad for Madame Dowding, a ladies 'corsetiere in London, also advertised versions for men, including a model called "The Marlboro."

    Men Go for It 2008

  • Thanks for the corsetiere tip - will go take a look!

    Maintenance Rachel 2007

  • I have instead gone to Anna Maria D'Amato, a genius corsetiere and dress deigner in Enfield who is rustling me up the dress of my dreams to my own design in ivory silk with a corset that is not only comfortable but cinches my waist in to Jayne Mansfield proportions.

    Maintenance Rachel 2007

  • My mother saw my anxiety and marched me to a certified corsetiere, a statuesque, stern-faced woman with a measuring tape looped around her neck.

    “I Don’t Have a Thing to Wear” Judie Taggart 2003

  • My mother saw my anxiety and marched me to a certified corsetiere, a statuesque, stern-faced woman with a measuring tape looped around her neck.

    “I Don’t Have a Thing to Wear” Judie Taggart 2003

  • The stationery shops are equally well equipped; the candy stores most tempting and excellent in every way, and the music store, hardware, drug, corsetiere, gents furnishing, shoe, fancy goods and department stores, the hair dressing parlors and florist shops are all up-to-date and as fine as you could find in any city twice Reno's size.

    Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information Lilyan Stratton

  • Her features were entirely obscured by an unusually thick veil of black lace, and the voluminous nature of her outer garments only permitted a suspicion as to her figure, which was, at that time, at once the despair and the triumph of her corsetiere.

    Peter Ruff and the Double Four 1906

  • She found fault with her friend's dress, and her hairdresser, and wondered how she could be so chaussee, and vowed that she must send her corsetiere the next morning.

    Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • With years of experience as a corsetiere and a reputation for speaking her mind, Mrs. Harp prided herself on her ability to fit women into the right size brassiere.

    Freep.com - RSS 2010

  • Season 1: Head secretary Joan explains to new girl Peggy the secrets of life, manual typewriting and underwire, but refuses to divulge the name of her corsetiere.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.