seamer

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noun

A person who sews seams.

OriginMiddle English semer ← Old English sēamere →
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Meanings

seamer1

nounseamer (plural seamers)

plural seamers

  1. A person who sews seams.

    The case of Mme Binet's mother, a young widow who worked as a seamer at home, reveals how this system affected homeworkers.

    2010, Helen Chenut, Fabric of Gender: Working-Class Culture in Third Republic France
  2. Part of a sewing machine that creates seams.
  3. ball gamesA bowler skilled at making the ball seam.

Seamer2

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4910).
  2. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0183).
  3. A surname.

Origin

  1. Old Englishsēamere“tailor; seamer”
  2. Middle Englishsemer
  3. Englishseamer

From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with seamer

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Anagrams

SameermearesMerseareamesMarseereseam
Cite this entry
APA

seamer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seamer

MLA

“seamer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seamer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seamer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seamer.

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