corsetiere
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See also: corsetière
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French corsetière.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
corsetiere (plural corsetieres)
- A female corsetmaker, or a woman in a shop who fits corsets.
- 2009 May 17, Kathryn Shattuck, “Chamber’s Master, Leaving the Building”, in New York Times[1]:
- Mr. Wadsworth grew up in Newnan, where his father tended produce in a grocery store, and his mother cinched in the town’s women as a corsetiere in a clothing shop, her young son often watching from the dressing-room corner.
References[edit]
- “corsetiere”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “corsetiere”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “corsetiere”, in Collins English Dictionary.