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De - Pt| English Dictionary: milliner | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for milliner | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Milliner \Mil"li*ner\, n. [From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan, in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's finery.] 1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women. [Obs.] No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. --Shak. 2. A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women. {Man milliner}, a man who makes or deals in millinery; hence, contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling occupations or embellishments. | |
