milliner Definition
mil·li·ner (mil′i nər)
noun
a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
Etymology: < Milaner, inhabitant of Milan, vendor of bonnets and dress wares from Milan
milliner Synonyms
milliner Usage Examples
Possessives
shop: The fair stranger went into her milliner's shop.
Adjective modifier
- poor: So the poor milliner 's wares, although beautified by lace and ribbons, are worthless unless you are perched upon them.
- young: But why does the Duchess keep commenting that Amanda, a young milliner, is divine?
- good: Today there is a more pleasing deli, a few antique shops and a rather good milliner, selling some interesting ladies hats.
Modifies a noun
shop: In 1850 Walter Howell Deverell accompanied his mother to a milliners shop near Leicester Square.
Noun used with modifier
couture: He lives in London with the couture milliner Katharine Goodison.
Browse dictionary entries near milliner
- ‹ milline
- ‹ millimeter
- ‹ millime
- ‹ milliliter
- ‹ Millikan
- ‹ millihenry
- ‹ milligram
- ‹ Milligan, Spike
- ‹ milligal
- ‹ millifarad
- millinery ›
- milling ›
- milling cutter ›
- milling machine ›
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- millionaire ›
- millionairess ›
- millions ›
- millionth ›
- millipede ›

