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quiltmaker

quiltmaker noun: a maker of quilts.

Noun

quiltmaker (plural quiltmakers)

  1. A maker of quilts.
    • It was based on the recollections of Ozella McDaniel Williams, a teacher in Los Angeles who became a quiltmaker in Charleston, S.C. Ozella’s code,” the book says, was handed down from slave times from mother to daughter. C. Ms. Williams died in 1998.2007 January 23, Noam Cohen, “In Douglass Tribute, Slave Folklore and Fact Collide”, in New York Times

Forms of quiltmaker

pluralquiltmakers

Origin of quiltmaker

From Middle English quilte maker, quyltemaker, quyltemakere; equivalent to quilt + maker.

Questions about quiltmaker

What does quiltmaker mean?
Quiltmaker means a maker of quilts.
What part of speech is quiltmaker?
Quiltmaker is a noun.
What is the plural of quiltmaker?
The plural of quiltmaker is quiltmakers.

Words near quiltmaker in the dictionary

  1. quilting bees
  2. quilting needle
  3. quilting needles
  4. quiltings
  5. quiltlike
  6. quiltmaker
  7. quiltmakers
  8. quiltmaking
  9. quilts
  10. quilty
  11. Quiltys

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