A milliner is someone who designs, makes, or sells women's hats.
A milliner is someone who designs, makes, or sells women's hats.
| Front | milliner \MIL-uh-nuhr\ |
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| Back | noun Someone who designs, makes, or sells women's hats. [After Milan, Italy, from where women's wares were imported. First recorded use: 1530. The word used to appear as the derogatory term "man milliner" implying someone who busies himself with trifling occupations. Poet Robert Southey said in 1796: "I look upon a man milliner not only as one of the most despicable members of society, but as one of the most injurious." The term for someone who deals in men's furnishings is haberdasher.] "James Faulkner is not your average milliner. At 27 years old, he is making a name for himself in the world of fashion with unique headgear made from roadkill." |
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