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designer

[dih-zahy-ner]

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noun

a person who devises or executes designs, especially one who creates forms, structures, and patterns, as for works of art or machines.

a schemer, intriguer, or plotter.

adjective

designed or created by or carrying a label or identification of a designer, especially a fashion designer, but often mass-produced: designer jeans.

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Origin:
1640–50; design + -er¹

Related forms

self-de·sign·er, noun

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designer (dɪˈzaɪnə)

—n
1.	a person who devises and executes designs, as for works of art, clothes, machines, etc
2.	(modifier) designed by and bearing the label or signature of a well-known fashion designer: designer jeans
3.	(modifier) (of things, ideas, etc) having an appearance of fashionable trendiness: designer pop songs; designer stubble
4.	(modifier) (of cells, chemicals, etc) designed (or produced) to perform a specific function or combat a specific problem: designer insecticide
5.	(modifier) (of an animal) cross-bred for a specific purpose, such as looks, temperament, or likelihood of causing an allergy: designer dogs
6.	a person who devises plots or schemes; intriguer

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designer

1640s, "one who schemes;" from design. Meaning "one who makes an artistic design or a construction plan" is from 1660s; in fashion, "bearing the label of a famous designer" (thus presumed to be expensive or prestigious), from 1966. Designer drug attested from 1983.

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"Much of the pressure contemporary parents feel with respect to dressing children in designer clothes, teaching young children academics, and giving them instruction in sports derives directly from our need to use our children to impress others with our economic surplus. We find "good" rather than real reasons for letting our children go along with the crowd."

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