modiste

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Definition of modiste in English English dictionary

A person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats

Her dresses – about 150 each year – are made by Rose Bertin, an expensive but necessary modiste with premises on the rue Saint-Honoré.

A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of dress

of the fashionable dress of ladies; a dress- maker or milliner

One, esp

{i} maker of or dealer in women's clothes and articles (French)

woman, who makes, or deals in, articles of fashion, esp

Hyphenation

mo·diste

Etymology

() From French modiste. Compare modist.