modiste
UK/məʊˈdiːst/
modiste noun: a person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.
Noun
modiste (plural modistes)
- A person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.
- All the colours of the rainbow, materialised by modistes, were there.1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson
- Her dresses – about 150 each year – are made by Rose Bertin, an expensive but necessary modiste with premises on the rue Saint-Honoré.1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 46
modiste meaning in Tamil
modiste in Tamil
- உடைதைப்பர்
Forms of modiste
| plural | modistes |
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Origin of modiste
From French modiste. Compare modist.
Words that rhyme with modiste
- beast
- east
- yeast
- deceased
- feast
- least
- creased
- east-northeast
- priest
- a contented mind is a perpetual feast
- batiste
- ceased
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Questions about modiste
- What does modiste mean?
- Modiste means a person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.
- What is modiste in Tamil?
- Modiste in Tamil is உடைதைப்பர். See Modiste meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is modiste?
- Modiste is a noun.
- How do you pronounce modiste?
- Modiste is pronounced /məʊˈdiːst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of modiste?
- The plural of modiste is modistes.
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