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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛm(p).stɹɪs/ [traditional], /ˈsiːm(p).stɹɪs/ [common] Forms: seamstresses [plural]
Etymology: From seamster + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|seamster|ess<id:female>}} seamster + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} seamstress (plural seamstresses)
  1. A woman who sews clothes professionally. Categories (topical): Female people, Occupations Synonyms: sempstress Related terms: seamster, sempstress, sewist Translations (woman who sews clothes professionally): خَيَّاطَة (ḵayyāṭa) [feminine] (Arabic), tikişçi (Azerbaijani), шва́чка (šváčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), шива́чка (šiváčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cosidora [feminine] (Catalan), costurera [feminine] (Catalan), 女裁縫 (Chinese Mandarin), 女裁缝 (nǚcáifeng) (Chinese Mandarin), švadlena [feminine] (Czech), šička [feminine] (Czech), syerske [common-gender] (Danish), naaister [feminine] (Dutch), kudristino (Esperanto), õmbleja (Estonian), ompelijatar (Finnish), couturière [feminine] (French), მკერავი (mḳeravi) (Georgian), თერძი (terʒi) (Georgian), Näherin [feminine] (German), Weißnäherin [feminine] (German), Weissnäherin [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, feminine] (German), תּוֹפֶרֶת (toféret) [feminine] (Hebrew), varrónő (Hungarian), bean fuála [feminine] (Irish), maintín [feminine] (Irish), sarta [feminine] (Italian), cucitrice [feminine] (Italian), 針子 (hariko) (alt: はりこ) (Japanese), 裁縫師 (saihōshi) (alt: さいほうし) (Japanese), 침모 (chimmo) (alt: 針母) (Korean), 재봉사 (jaebongsa) (alt: 裁縫師) (Korean), шивачка (šivačka) [feminine] (Macedonian), kaitui (Maori), semestere (Middle English), syerske [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sydame [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), syerske [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sydame [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sēamestre [feminine] (Old English), szwaczka [feminine] (Polish), costureira [feminine] (Portuguese), croitoreasă [feminine] (Romanian), cusătoreasă [dated, feminine, rare] (Romanian), cuturieră [feminine, rare] (Romanian), швея́ (švejá) [feminine] (Russian), белошве́йка (belošvéjka) (english: sewing linen) [feminine] (Russian), cusidòra [feminine] (Sardinian), шва̏ља [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), кроја̀чица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), švȁlja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), krojàčica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), šička [feminine] (Slovak), šivilja [feminine] (Slovene), costurera [feminine] (Spanish), sömmerska [common-gender] (Swedish), шва́чка (šváčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), шва́ля (šválja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tikuvchi (english: any gender) (Uzbek), nägan (Volapük), hinägan [masculine] (Volapük), jinägan [feminine] (Volapük)
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          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cusidòra"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шва̏ља"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кроја̀чица"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "švȁlja"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krojàčica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "šička"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "šivilja"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "costurera"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sömmerska"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šváčka",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шва́чка"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šválja",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шва́ля"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "english": "any gender",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "word": "tikuvchi"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "word": "nägan"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hinägan"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jinägan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛm(p).stɹɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "traditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːm(p).stɹɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "common"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seamstress"
}
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      "name": "suf"
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        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Middle English translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Old English translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sardinian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Uzbek translations",
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          "ref": "1656, James Howell, Some Sober Inspections Made Into the Carriage and Consults of the Late Long-Parliament, whereby Ocaſsion is Taken to ſpeak of Parliaments in former Times, and of Magna Charta, with Some Reflexes Upon Government in General, pages 128-129:",
          "text": "[…] the Seamſtreſs brought in her ſilver thimble, the Chamber-maid her Bodkin , the Cook his ſilver ſpoon , the Vintner his Bowl into the common Treaſury of War and they who contribured to ſo pious a work, were invited more then others in ſome Churches to come to the Holy Communion in the very time of adminiſtration; […]",
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          "ref": "1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Procession of Life”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:",
          "text": "They are seamstresses, who have plied the daily and nightly needle in the service of master tailors and close-fisted contractors, until now it is almost time for each to hem the borders of her own shroud.",
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 52: Need”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 862:",
          "text": "“If you have finished blathering about men, perhaps you won’t mind skipping over the new seamstress you’ve no doubt found?\"",
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      "word": "sempstress"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵayyāṭa",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خَيَّاطَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "tikişçi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šváčka",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шва́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šiváčka",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шива́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cosidora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "costurera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "女裁縫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚcáifeng",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "女裁缝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "švadlena"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šička"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "syerske"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naaister"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "kudristino"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "õmbleja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "ompelijatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "couturière"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mḳeravi",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "მკერავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "terʒi",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "თერძი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Näherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weißnäherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "Liechtenstein",
        "Switzerland",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weissnäherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "toféret",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תּוֹפֶרֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "varrónő"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bean fuála"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maintín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sarta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cucitrice"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はりこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hariko",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "針子"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいほうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saihōshi",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "裁縫師"
    },
    {
      "alt": "針母",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chimmo",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "침모"
    },
    {
      "alt": "裁縫師",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaebongsa",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "재봉사"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šivačka",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шивачка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "kaitui"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "semestere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "syerske"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sydame"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "syerske"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sydame"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sēamestre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szwaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "costureira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "croitoreasă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "cusătoreasă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "cuturieră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "švejá",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "швея́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "sewing linen",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "belošvéjka",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "белошве́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cusidòra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шва̏ља"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кроја̀чица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "švȁlja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krojàčica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šička"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šivilja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "costurera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sömmerska"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šváčka",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шва́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šválja",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шва́ля"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "english": "any gender",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "tikuvchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "word": "nägan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hinägan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "woman who sews clothes professionally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jinägan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seamstress"
}

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