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”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

seamster (plural seamsters)

1. A person who sews clothes professionally.

Derived terms

• seamstering
• seamstress

Translations

person who sews clothes

• Arabic: خَيَّاط m (ḵayyāṭ)
• Belarusian: швач m (švač)
• Bulgarian: шива́ч (bg) m (šiváč)
• Catalan: cosidor (ca) m, costurer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裁縫 / 裁缝 (zh) (cáiféng)

• Esperanto: kudristo (eo)
• Finnish: ompelija (fi)
• French: couturier (fr) m
• Galician: costureiro (gl) m, costureira (gl) f
• Georgian: მკერავი (mḳeravi), თერძი (terʒi)
• German: Näher (de) m
• Hunsrik: Neher m, Nehrin f
• Macedonian: ши́вач m (šívač), ши́вачка f (šívačka)
• Middle English: semestere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: syer m

  Nynorsk: syar m

• Old East Slavic: шьвьць m (šĭvĭcĭ)
• Polish: szwacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: costureiro (pt) m, costureira (pt) f
• Punjabi: دَرْزی f (darzī)
• Romanian: croitor (ro) m, cusător m (dated, rare)
• Russian: швец (ru) m (švec)
• Spanish: costurero (es) m
• Swedish: sömmare c
• Turkish: terzi (tr), dikişçi (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ترزی (terzi), دیكیشجی (dikişci)

• Ukrainian: швач m (švač)
• Urdu: درزی f (darzī)

Anagrams

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