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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seamer (plural seamers)
- A person who sews seams.
- 2010, Helen Chenut, Fabric of Gender: Working-Class Culture in Third Republic France:
- The case of Mme Binet's mother, a young widow who worked as a seamer at home, reveals how this system affected homeworkers.
- Part of a sewing machine that creates seams.
- (cricket) A bowler skilled at making the ball seam.
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