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costumist

costumist noun: a costumier.

Noun

costumist (plural costumists)

  1. A costumier.
    • The latter circumstance suggests that, despite the costumists' efforts, the actors playing Socrates on stage were not at all similar to Socrates; […]2018, Gabriel Danzig, David Johnson, Donald Morrison, Plato and Xenophon: Comparative Studies, page 209
    • The impresari generally belonged to the middle class, usually with previous experience in theater such as costumists or set designers, […]2022, Diego Minoia, The Mozarts, Who They Were, volume 1

Forms of costumist

pluralcostumists

Origin of costumist

From costume + -ist.

Questions about costumist

What does costumist mean?
Costumist means a costumier.
What part of speech is costumist?
Costumist is a noun.
What is the plural of costumist?
The plural of costumist is costumists.

Words near costumist in the dictionary

  1. costumiere
  2. costumieres
  3. costumiers
  4. costuming
  5. costumings
  6. costumist
  7. costumists
  8. costumy
  9. costunolide
  10. costus
  11. costuses

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