shirtmaker

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noun

A person who makes shirts.

OriginEnglish maker ← Middle English maker ← Old English macian →
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Meanings

nounshirtmaker (plural shirtmakers)

plural shirtmakers

  1. A person who makes shirts.

Origin

  1. Englishshirt
  2. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  3. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  4. Old Englishmacian
  5. Middle Englishmaken
  6. Middle Englishmaker
  7. Englishmaker
  8. Englishshirtmaker

From shirt + maker.

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Translations

Catalan camiser, camisera
  • camisera person who makes shirts
  • camiseraa person who makes shirts
French chemisier
  • chemisiera person who makes shirts
Irish léinteoir
  • léinteoira person who makes shirts
Italian camiciaio
  • camiciaioa person who makes shirts
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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