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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

n.

modiste, haberdasher, hat salesman, hatter, hat maker.

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.