modiste
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
Origin of modiste
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How to use modiste in a sentence
Her dwelling, which I first visited with Evie and her aunt, was on the first floor of the modiste's at the back.
In Accordance with the Evidence | Oliver OnionsAnd you think of the feelings of your modiste, and ignore those of your poor old (but well-preserved) Godmother!
The scene is at a dressmaker's; the cast: the modiste, two dressmakers, and sewing-girls.
The modiste, oppressed by the sad songs that portray their own unhappiness, bids them sing of other people's happiness.
First in a milliner shop; then as dresser to a model in the shop of a swell modiste; always watching how the ladies behave.
Children of the Whirlwind | Leroy Scott
British Dictionary definitions for modiste
/ (məʊˈdiːst) /
a fashionable dressmaker or milliner
Origin of modiste
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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