Sempstress

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sempstress \Semp"stress\, n.
     A seamstress.
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           Two hundred sepstress were employed to make me shirts.
                                                    --Swift.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sempstress
       n : someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: {dressmaker}, {modiste},
            {needlewoman}, {seamstress}]