seamster

See also: Seamster

English

Alternative forms

sempster
semster (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English semster, semestre, from Old English sēamestre (“seamstress”), equivalent to seam +‎ -ster. Cognate with Scots semistar, semstar (“seamstress”).

Noun

seamster (plural seamsters, feminine seamstress)

A person who sews clothes professionally

Translations

person who sews clothes

Arabic: خَيَّاط m (ḵayyāṭ)
Belarusian: швач m (švač)
Bulgarian: шива́ч (bg) m (šiváč)
Catalan: cosidor (ca) m, costurer m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 裁縫／裁缝 (zh) (cáiféng)
Esperanto: kudristo (eo)
Finnish: ompelija (fi)
French: couturier (fr) m
Galician: costureiro (gl) m, costureira (gl) f
Georgian: მკერავი (mḳeravi), თერძი (terʒi)
German: Näher (de) m
Hunsrik: Neher m, Nehrin f
Macedonian: ши́вач m (šívač), ши́вачка f (šívačka)
Middle English: semestere
Norwegian:
Bokmål: syer m

Nynorsk: syar m
Old East Slavic: шьвьць m (šĭvĭcĭ)
Ottoman Turkish: ترزی (terzi), دیكیشجی (dikişci)
Polish: szwacz (pl) m
Portuguese: alfaiate (pt) m
Punjabi: دَرْزی f (darzī)
Romanian: croitor (ro) m, cusător m (dated, rare)
Russian: швец (ru) m (švec)
Spanish: costurero m
Swedish: sömmare c
Turkish: terzi (tr), dikişçi (tr)
Ukrainian: швач m (švač)
Urdu: درزی f (darzī)

Anagrams

Maestres, masseter, measters, smearest, steamers, streames

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