seamster

See also: Seamster

English

Alternative forms

• sempster
• semster (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English semster, semestre, from Old English sēamestre (“seamstress”), equivalent to seam +‎ -ster. Cognate with Scots semistar, semstar (“seamstress”).

Noun

seamster (plural seamsters, feminine seamstress)

1. A person who sews clothes professionally

Translations

person who sews clothes

• Arabic: خَيَّاط m (ḵayyāṭ)
• Catalan: cosidor (ca) m, costurer m
• Finnish: ompelija (fi)
• French: couturier (fr) m
• Galician: costureiro (gl) m, costureira (gl) f
• German: Näher (de) m
• Hunsrik: Neher m, Nehrin f
• Middle English: semestere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: syer m

  Nynorsk: syar m

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• Polish: szwacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: alfaiate (pt) m
• Punjabi: دَرْزی f (darzī)
• Romanian: croitor (ro) m, cusător m (dated, rare)
• Russian: швец (ru) m (švec)
• Spanish: costurero m
• Swedish: sömmare c
• Urdu: درزی f (darzī)

Anagrams

• Maestres, masseter, measters, smearest, steamers, streames