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milliner |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Milliner \Mil"li*ner\, n. [From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan, in Italy; hence a man from Milan who imported women's finery.] 1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind especially such as please the fancy of women. [Obs.] No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. --Shak. 2. A person, usually a woman, who makes trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women. {Man milliner}, a man who makes or deals in millinery; hence contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling occupations or embellishments. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: milliner n 1: a merchant who designs and sells hats 2: someone who makes and sells hats [syn: {hatmaker}, {hatter}, {modiste}]
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