name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
seamster
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsiːm.stə(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET: S IY1 M S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who sews clothes professionally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tailor, sartor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garmentmaker, garment-worker, garment worker
Narrower terms: fitter
History
Etymology
From Middle English semster, semestre, from Old English sēamestre (“seamstress”), equivalent to seam + -ster. Cognate with Scots semistar, semstar (“seamstress”).
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: خَيَّاط (ḵayyāṭ) — person who sews clothes
- Belarusian: швач (švač) — person who sews clothes
- Bulgarian: шива́ч (šiváč) — person who sews clothes
- Catalan: cosidor — person who sews clothes
- Catalan: costurer — person who sews clothes
- Chinese Mandarin: 裁縫 /裁缝 (cáiféng) — person who sews clothes
- Esperanto: kudristo — person who sews clothes
- Estonian: õmbleja — person who sews clothes
- Finnish: ompelija — person who sews clothes
- French: couturier — person who sews clothes
- Galician: costureiro — person who sews clothes
- Galician: costureira — person who sews clothes
- Georgian: მკერავი (mḳeravi) — person who sews clothes
- Georgian: თერძი (terʒi) — person who sews clothes
- German: Näher — person who sews clothes
- Hunsrik: Neher — person who sews clothes
- Hunsrik: Nehrin — person who sews clothes
- Macedonian: ши́вач (šívač) — person who sews clothes
- Macedonian: ши́вачка (šívačka) — person who sews clothes
- Middle English: semestere — person who sews clothes
- Norwegian Bokmål: syer — person who sews clothes
- Norwegian Nynorsk: syar — person who sews clothes
- Old East Slavic: шьвьць (šĭvĭcĭ) — person who sews clothes
- Polish: szwacz — person who sews clothes
- Portuguese: costureiro — person who sews clothes
- Portuguese: costureira — person who sews clothes
- Punjabi: دَرْزی (darzī) — person who sews clothes
- Romanian: croitor — person who sews clothes
- Romanian: cusător — person who sews clothes
- Russian: швец (švec) — person who sews clothes
- Spanish: costurero — person who sews clothes
- Swedish: sömmare — person who sews clothes
- Turkish: terzi — person who sews clothes
- Turkish: dikişçi — person who sews clothes
- Ottoman Turkish: ترزی (terzi) — person who sews clothes
- Ottoman Turkish: دیكیشجی (dikişci) — person who sews clothes
- Ukrainian: швач (švač) — person who sews clothes
- Urdu: درزی (darzī) — person who sews clothes