sempstress

2 definitions found

sempstress - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sempstress \Semp"stress\, n.
     A seamstress.
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           Two hundred sepstress were employed to make me shirts.
                                                    --Swift.
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sempstress - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sempstress
      n 1: someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: dressmaker,
           modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress]