Meaning

2 senses
  1. (specifically)A person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women.

    Hutmacher

    шля́пный ма́стерšljápnyj máster, шля́пная мастери́цаšljápnaja masteríca

  2. (archaic)A person who sells (women's) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan.

    моди́сткаmodístka

More definitions
  • someone who makes and sells hats

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
person who sells (women’s) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan:
person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women:

Origin

The noun is a variant of Milaner (“(obsolete) inhabitant or native of Milan”) (referring t

The noun is a variant of Milaner (“(obsolete) inhabitant or native of Milan”) (referring to the importation and sale of women’s apparel, etc., made in Milan: see noun sense 1), from Late Middle English Milener, Miloner (“native of Milan”), from Milan + -er(e) (suffix denoting an inhabitant or resident).

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Forms

plural: milliners
Singularmilliner
Pluralmilliners

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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