Sempstress
41Betsy Ross — noun American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752 1836) • Syn: ↑Ross, ↑Betsy Griscom Ross • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dressmaker, ↑modiste, ↑needlewoman, ↑seamstress, ↑semp …
42garment worker — noun a person who makes garments • Syn: ↑garmentmaker, ↑garment worker • Hypernyms: ↑needleworker • Hyponyms: ↑cloakmaker, ↑furrier, ↑dressmaker …
43garment-worker — noun a person who makes garments • Syn: ↑garmentmaker, ↑garment worker • Hypernyms: ↑needleworker • Hyponyms: ↑cloakmaker, ↑furrier, ↑dressmaker …
44garmentmaker — noun a person who makes garments • Syn: ↑garment worker, ↑garment worker • Hypernyms: ↑needleworker • Hyponyms: ↑cloakmaker, ↑furrier, ↑dressmaker …
45Ross — noun 1. American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752 1836) • Syn: ↑Betsy Ross, ↑Betsy Griscom Ross • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dressmaker, ↑modiste, ↑needlewoman, ↑seamstress, ↑ …
46seamstress — n. (also sempstress) a woman who sews, esp. professionally; a needlewoman. Etymology: OE seamestre fem. f. seamere tailor, formed as SEAM + STER + ESS(1) …
47sempster — variant of seamster * * * sempster /semˈstər/ noun a variant of ↑seamster sempˈstering, sempˈstressing and sempˈstress ship noun Sewing sempˈstress noun A seamstress * * * sempster, sempstress etc.: see seamster …
48-ster — suffix denoting a person engaged in or associated with a particular activity or thing (brewster; gangster; youngster). Etymology: OE estre etc. f. Gmc * * * stə(r), following a vȯiced consonant, as in “mobster”, ztə or stə noun suffix ( s) …
49seam|stress — «SEEM strihs», noun. 1. a woman whose work is sewing. 2. a girl or woman who sews; needlewoman: »an excellent seamstress, a born seamstress. Also, sempstress …
