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modiste


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Modiste  \Mo`diste"\,  n.  [F.  See  {Mode},  and  cf  {Modist}.] 
  A  female  maker  of  or  dealer  in  articles  of  fashion, 
  especially  of  the  fashionable  dress  of  ladies;  a  woman  who 
  gives  direction  to  the  style  or  mode  of  dress. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Modiste  \Mo`diste"\,  n.  [F.  See  {Mode};  cf  {Modist}.] 
  One  esp.  woman,  who  makes  or  deals  in  articles  of  fashion, 
  esp.  of  the  fashionable  dress  of  ladies;  a  dress-maker  or 
  milliner. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  modiste 
  n  1:  someone  who  makes  and  sells  hats  [syn:  {hatmaker},  {hatter}, 
  {milliner}] 
  2:  someone  who  makes  or  mends  dresses  [syn:  {dressmaker},  {needlewoman}, 
  {seamstress},  {sempstress}] 




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