seamstress
pronunciation
How to pronounce seamstress in British English:
UK [ˈsi:mstrəs]
How to pronounce seamstress in American English:
US [ˈsimstrɪs]
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- Noun:
- someone who makes or mends dresses
Word Origin
- seamstress (n.)
- 1640s, with -ess + seamster (also sempster), from Old English seamestre "sewer, tailor, person whose work is sewing," from seam. Originally indicating a woman, but after a while the fem. ending -estre no longer was felt as such and a new one added.
Example
- 1. The seamstress carefully stitched the hem of the garment .
- 2. They both worked hard in the garment district , dad as a shipping clerk , mom as a seamstress .
- 3. She worked in a factory as a seamstress , and he worked in restaurants until he started his own , the very popular wong kee on mott street , now closed .
- 4. L have the most divine seamstress .
- 5. Our seamstress has prepared some clothing .