accessorist

accessorist noun: one who makes accessories.

Noun

accessorist (plural accessorists)

One who makes accessories.
- The accountant, the secretary, two salesgirls, the cutter, the retoucher, the accessorist and the manager were all there.2001, Dominique Manotti, Rough Trade
- After very rapidly earning the professional title of Paruière (Accessorist) to the Haute Couture, which meant that more than half of my annual trade was with the haute couture (a term designating the important Paris designers who sell original custom-made fashions in their own salons), I also...2004, Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions
One who wears accessories.
- It is a message to be read by others in order to decode the identity of the accessorist.2005, Edward P. Comentale, Stephen Watt, Skip Willman, Ian Fleming & James Bond: The Cultural Politics of 007

accessorist (comparative more accessorist, superlative most accessorist)

Of or relating to accessories.
- The girls should have looked very alluring, straddlin' the Gold Wings or draped over the handlebars - every accessorist dream.2010, Rich Hall, Otis Lee Crenshaw: I Blame Society

From accessory + -ist.

What does accessorist mean?: Accessorist means one who makes accessories.
What part of speech is accessorist?: Accessorist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of accessorist?: The plural of accessorist is accessorists.

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