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seamstress

noun

Definition of seamstress

as in needlewoman

a woman who sews clothes, curtains, etc., as a job

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Recent Examples of seamstress His father was a steam train engineer and his mother was a seamstress. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 June 2026 By 2023, Shnaider was outsourcing the design of her favorite accessory, by buying the material for a seamstress to design. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 June 2026 Along with recordings, researchers returned with family Bibles, good china, and valuable mementos, including a porcelain pin box given to a Black seamstress by First Lady Edith Wilson. — Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 Carrillo is the head seamstress of the three seamstresses Johnson works with to make her swimwear. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for seamstress

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One hundred and fifty years later, young Isobel, a gifted needlewoman, dreams of her own escape from the limited options open to women; her greatest desire is to own a dressmaking shop.

— Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2022
Set in the 1930s, Chevalier’s new novel follows a woman whose fiancé died in World War I and who finds a sense of community among the guild of needlewomen embroidering kneelers for the pews at one of Britain’s great cathedrals.

— New York Times, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2019

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And in the future, Mimi’s hopes to partner with neighboring small businesses, hold classes for more advanced stitchers and even throw Bachelor watch parties.

— Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
At the game in June, the Mets provided the group with event space where the knitters, crocheters, cross-stitchers, needle pointers, sewers and embroiderers could connect with each other.

— Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026

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