costumier

[ ko-stoo-mee-er, -styoo-; French kaws-ty-myey ]
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noun,plural cos·tum·i·ers [ko-stoo-mee-erz, -styoo-; French kaws-ty-myey]. /kɒˈstu mi ərz, -ˈstyu-; French kɔs tüˈmyeɪ/.

Origin of costumier

1
From French; see origin at costume, -ier2

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How to use costumier in a sentence

  • Costumiers had ransacked their stock for discovery of garments not unpardonably inappropriate.

  • Theatrical costumiers, under the command of a noted painter, were brought from Paris.

  • From the supposedly abandoned sheds and houses, from the costumiers?

  • All that is beautiful about it is due principally to the scenic artists and the costumiers.

    A History of Pantomime | R. J. Broadbent
  • I must make the pictures, and I must give careful directions to the costumiers and the carpenters.

    Japan | Dorothy Menpes

British Dictionary definitions for costumier

costumier

costumer (kɒˈstjuːmə)

/ (kɒˈstjuːmɪə) /


noun
  1. a person or firm that makes or supplies theatrical or fancy costumes

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