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

  • noun A person, machine, or software program that makes patterns, as for sewing, carpentry, or industrial machinery.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In mech. engin., a workman who makes the patterns used by molders in foundry-work.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentery or metalworking).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun someone whose occupation is to make patterns, especially those used as a guide in the manufacture of something else

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking)

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