About The Word Milliner
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Milliner
Milliner Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Milliner?
[n] someone who makes and sells hats
[n] a merchant who designs and sells hats Synonyms | Synonyms for Milliner: hatmaker | hatter | modiste Related Terms | Find terms related to Milliner: antique store | apothecary | automobile showroom | bookstore | bootery | candy store | chemist | cigar store | clothiers | clothing store | confectionery | dress shop | drugstore | dry goods store | florists | fur salon | furniture store | gift shop | haberdashery | hardware store | hat shop | hatmaker | hatter | hobby shop | ironmongery | jewelers | jewelry store | leather goods store | liquor store | luggage shop | milliners | novelty shop | package store | pharmacy | saddlery | schlock house | schlock shop | secondhand shop | secondhand store | shoe store | smoke shop | specialty shop | sporting goods store | stationers | stationery store | sweater shop | sweet shop | thrift shop | tobacco store | tobacconists | toy shop | trimming store | used-car lot See Also | maker | merchandiser | merchant | shaper Milliner In Webster's Dictionary \Mil"li*ner\, n. [From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan,
in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's
finery.]
1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles
of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the
fancy of women. [Obs.]
No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.
--Shak.
2. A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in
hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.
{Man milliner}, a man who makes or deals in millinery; hence,
contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling
occupations or embellishments.
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