shepster

English

Etymology

From Middle English shepster, shapster, shuppester, equivalent to shape +‎ -ster.

Noun

shepster (plural shepsters)

1. (obsolete) A seamstress.
   • 14th century, William Caxton, Dialogues

     Mabyll the shepster Cheuissheth her right well

Derived terms

• shepster time

Related terms

• shapester

References

“shepster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hepsters, presseth