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seamster

/ˈsiːm.stə(ɹ)/

seamster noun: a person who sews clothes professionally.

Noun

seamster (plural seamsters)

  1. A person who sews clothes professionally.

Proper noun capitalized: Seamster

Seamster (plural Seamsters)

  1. A surname.

seamster meaning in Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic

seamster in Urdu

person who sews clothes
درزی darzī

seamster in Punjabi

person who sews clothes
دَرْزی darzī

seamster in Arabic

person who sews clothes
خَيَّاط ḵayyāṭ

Forms of seamster

Noun
pluralseamsters
alternative formsempster
alternative formsemster
Proper noun
pluralSeamsters

Origin of seamster

From Middle English semster, semestre, from Old English sēamestre (“seamstress”), equivalent to seam + -ster. Cognate with Scots semistar, semstar (“seamstress”).

Words formed from seamster

Questions about seamster

What does seamster mean?
Seamster means a person who sews clothes professionally.
What is seamster in Urdu?
Seamster in Urdu is درزی (darzī). See Seamster meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is seamster?
Seamster can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce seamster?
Seamster is pronounced /ˈsiːm.stə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of seamster?
The plural of seamster is seamsters.

Words near seamster in the dictionary

  1. seamounts
  2. seamouse
  3. seams
  4. seamset
  5. seamsets
  6. seamster
  7. seamstering
  8. seamsters
  9. seamstress
  10. seamstresses
  11. seamstressing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: seamster (page history and authors); Seamster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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