modiste

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

modiste
    n 1: someone who makes and sells hats [syn: {hatmaker},
         {hatter}, {milliner}, {modiste}]
    2: someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: {dressmaker},
       {modiste}, {needlewoman}, {seamstress}, {sempstress}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Modiste \Mo`diste"\, n. [F. See {Mode}; cf. {Modist}.]
   One, esp. a woman, who makes, or deals in, articles of
   fashion, esp. of the fashionable dress of ladies; a
   dress-maker or milliner.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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