Milliner

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  • noun. One that makes, trims, designs, or sells hats.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Formerly, a man who dealt in articles for women's wear; according to Johnson, “one who sells ribands and dresses for women”; now, in common usage, a woman who makes and sells bonnets and other head-gear for women; also, in England, one who furnishes both bonnets and dresses, or complete outfits.
  • noun. Formerly, one who made or sold armor of Milan; hence, a dealer in armor.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women.
  • noun. A person who designs, makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.
  • noun. a man who makes or deals in millinery, that occupation having been at one time predominantly performed by women; hence, contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling occupations or embellishments.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who is involved in the manufacture, design, or sale of hats for women.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who makes and sells hats
  • Word Usage
    ""The term milliner covered a wide variety of skills, including making cloaks, muffs, hoops, gloves, riding habits and petticoats" Miriam Moss, Women and Business (London: Wayland"
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