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modiste
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Modiste
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mo·diste
/
moʊˈdist;
French
mɔˈdist
/
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[
moh-
deest
;
French
maw-
deest
]
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noun,
plural
mo·distes
/
moʊˈdists
;
French
mɔˈdist
/
Show Spelled
[
moh-
deests
;
French
maw-
deest
]
Show IPA
.
Older Use.
a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
Origin:
1830–40;
<
French;
see
mode
2
,
-ist
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modiste
(məʊˈdiːst)
—
n
a fashionable dressmaker or milliner
[C19: from French, from
mode
fashion]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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