designer
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.
designed or created by or carrying a label or identification of a designer, especially a fashion designer, but often mass-produced: designer jeans.
created for intentional effect through chemical or genetic modification, as for a designer drug, or through crossbreeding, as for a designer dog.
Origin of designer
1Other words from designer
- self-de·sign·er, noun
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How to use designer in a sentence
That means shoppers will no longer have to rely on the big-name designers to concoct pieces with the latest trends.
The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.
Indeed, designers frequently reference each other in their shows—and the press never fails to notice.
“I was amazed that they were already familiar with the names of big designers like Christian Dior,” says Baek.
North Korea’s Secret Movie Bootleggers: How Western Films Make It Into the Hermit Kingdom | Lizzie Crocker | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAsk most designers for their mentors and out will gush a waterfall of names.
The Hot Designer Who Hates Fashion: VK Nagrani Triumphs His Own Way | Tom Teodorczuk | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
By these concessions to the picturesque he drove the axe into the tree which the designers of cartoons had planted.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherThese men are as dogmatic as the designers of the fashion-plates.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | AnonymousWith any textile, as I have said, we are as designers dealing with surface.
Line and Form (1900) | Walter CraneMany of them possess a vigour and an originality which would at once stamp their designers as men of more than ordinary ability.
Printers' Marks | William RobertsThis was not a propitious year for South coast designers, as Fife held the laurels in the five and likewise in the twenty class.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for designer
/ (dɪˈzaɪnə) /
a person who devises and executes designs, as for works of art, clothes, machines, etc
(modifier) designed by and bearing the label or signature of a well-known fashion designer: designer jeans
(modifier) (of things, ideas, etc) having an appearance of fashionable trendiness: designer pop songs; designer stubble
(modifier) (of cells, chemicals, etc) designed (or produced) to perform a specific function or combat a specific problem: designer insecticide
(modifier) (of an animal) cross-bred for a specific purpose, such as looks, temperament, or likelihood of causing an allergy: designer dogs
a person who devises plots or schemes; intriguer
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