Meanings
nouncorsetiere (plural corsetieres)
plural corsetieres · alternative corsetière
- A female corsetmaker, or a woman in a shop who fits corsets.
Mr. Wadsworth grew up in Newnan, where his father tended produce in a grocery store, and his mother cinched in the town’s women as a corsetiere in a clothing shop, her young son often watching from the dressing-room corner.
2009 May 17, Kathryn Shattuck, “Chamber’s Master, Leaving the Building”, in New York Times
Origin
- Frenchcorsetière
- Englishcorsetiere
From French corsetière.
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corsetiere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corsetiere
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“corsetiere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corsetiere. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corsetiere,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corsetiere.
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