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modiste

[ moh-deest; French maw-deest ]

noun

plural modistes
  1. Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.


modiste

/ əʊˈ徱ː /

noun

  1. a fashionable dressmaker or milliner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of modiste1

From French, dating back to 1830–40; mode 2, -ist
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Word History and Origins

Origin of modiste1

C19: from French, from mode fashion
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With a sentence, she can send customers to the modiste or suitors away from annoying Cressida Cowper.

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From the Duke of Hastings to Daphne to the modiste, each character harbors their own secrets.

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Being limited in materials, due to shortages and rationing, she used a gorgeous sunset-colored wool that she had unraveled from a suit tailored for her by Ormaie’s most expensive modiste in 1912.

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If I couldn’t make a living breaking horses, I could always be a modiste.

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Indeed, though The Modist, the name of Ms. Guenez’s website, is a clear nod to “modest,” it also denotes a “modiste,” a fashionable milliner or dressmaker.

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