dressmaker

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US/ˈdɹɛsˌmeɪkɚ/

noun

A person who makes tailor-made women's clothes.

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garmentmakergarment-workergarment worker
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Meanings

noundressmaker (plural dressmakers)

plural dressmakers

  1. A person who makes tailor-made women's clothes.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who makes garments

Similar
garmentmakergarment-workergarment worker
Broader
needleworker
Also see
garmentmaker

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dress + maker.

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Translations

Arabic خَيَّاطَة
  • خَيَّاطَة (ḵayyāṭa)person who makes women's clothes
Bengali দর্জি
  • দর্জি (dorji)person who makes women's clothes
Bulgarian шивачка
  • шивачка (šivačka)person who makes women's clothes
Chinese Mandarin 女裝裁縫師 /女装裁缝师
  • 女裝裁縫師 /女装裁缝师 (nǚzhuāng cáiféngshī)person who makes women's clothes
Danish syerske
  • syerskeperson who makes women's clothes
Estonian õmbleja
  • õmblejaperson who makes women's clothes
Finnish ompelija
  • ompelijaperson who makes women's clothes
French couturière
  • couturièreperson who makes women's clothes
German Damenschneider, Damenschneiderin
  • Damenschneiderperson who makes women's clothes
  • Damenschneiderinperson who makes women's clothes
Hindi ललित
  • ललित (lalit)person who makes women's clothes
Irish gúnadóir, maintín
  • gúnadóirperson who makes women's clothes
  • maintínperson who makes women's clothes
Italian sarta
  • sartaperson who makes women's clothes
Japanese 仕立て屋, ドレスメーカー
  • 仕立て屋 (shitateya)person who makes women's clothes
  • ドレスメーカー (doresumēkā)person who makes women's clothes
Korean 양장점
  • 양장점 (yangjangjeon)person who makes women's clothes
Polish krawiec, krawcowa
  • krawiecperson who makes women's clothes
  • krawcowaperson who makes women's clothes
  • krawczyniperson who makes women's clothes
Portuguese costureira
  • costureiraperson who makes women's clothes
Romanian croitor, croitoreasă
  • croitorperson who makes women's clothes
  • croitoreasăperson who makes women's clothes
Russian портни́ха, моди́стка
  • портни́ха (portníxa)person who makes women's clothes
  • моди́стка (modístka)person who makes women's clothes
Spanish modista
  • modistaperson who makes women's clothes
Swedish sömmerska
  • sömmerskaperson who makes women's clothes
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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