"seamster" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: seamsters [plural], seamstress [feminine]
Etymology: From Middle English semster, semestre, from Old English sēamestre (“seamstress”), equivalent to seam + -ster. Cognate with Scots semistar, semstar (“seamstress”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|semster}} Middle English semster, {{m|enm|semestre}} semestre, {{inh|en|ang|sēamestre||seamstress}} Old English sēamestre (“seamstress”), {{suffix|en|seam|ster}} seam + -ster, {{cog|sco|semistar}} Scots semistar, {{m|sco|semstar||seamstress}} semstar (“seamstress”) Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|seamsters|feminine|seamstress}} seamster (plural seamsters, feminine seamstress)
  1. A person who sews clothes professionally Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: sempster, semster [obsolete] Translations (person who sews clothes): خَيَّاط (ḵayyāṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), швач (švač) [masculine] (Belarusian), шива́ч (šiváč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cosidor [masculine] (Catalan), costurer [masculine] (Catalan), 裁縫 (Chinese Mandarin), 裁缝 (cáiféng) (Chinese Mandarin), kudristo (Esperanto), ompelija (Finnish), couturier [masculine] (French), costureiro [masculine] (Galician), costureira [feminine] (Galician), მკერავი (mḳeravi) (Georgian), თერძი (terʒi) (Georgian), Näher [masculine] (German), Neher [masculine] (Hunsrik), Nehrin [feminine] (Hunsrik), ши́вач (šívač) [masculine] (Macedonian), ши́вачка (šívačka) [feminine] (Macedonian), semestere (Middle English), syer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), syar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), шьвьць (šĭvĭcĭ) [masculine] (Old East Slavic), ترزی (terzi) (Ottoman Turkish), دیكیشجی (dikişci) (Ottoman Turkish), szwacz [masculine] (Polish), alfaiate [masculine] (Portuguese), دَرْزی (darzī) [feminine] (Punjabi), croitor [masculine] (Romanian), cusător [dated, masculine, rare] (Romanian), швец (švec) [masculine] (Russian), costurero [masculine] (Spanish), sömmare [common-gender] (Swedish), terzi (Turkish), dikişçi (Turkish), швач (švač) [masculine] (Ukrainian), درزی (darzī) [feminine] (Urdu)

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who sews clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "costurero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who sews clothes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sömmare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who sews clothes",
      "word": "terzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who sews clothes",
      "word": "dikişçi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "švač",
      "sense": "person who sews clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "швач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "darzī",
      "sense": "person who sews clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "درزی"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seamster"
}

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