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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Milliner \Mil"li*ner\, n. [From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan,
in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's
finery.]
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1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles
of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the
fancy of women. [Obs.]
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No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.
--Shak.
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2. A person who designs, makes, trims, or deals in hats,
bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.
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{Man milliner}, a man who makes or deals in millinery, that
occupation having been at one time predominantly performed
by women; hence, contemptuously, a man who is busied with
trifling occupations or embellishments.
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