sewster
sewster noun: a seamstress; a sewer (someone who sews).
Noun
sewster (plural sewsters)
- A seamstress; a sewer (someone who sews).
- At every twisted thrid my rock let fly Unto the sewster1641, Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd
- This Letter mentions that portraits of Cromwell, Lockhart, and Mr. Sewster, were then in the possession of Mr. Gosling, of Wistow, near Ramsey, in Huntingdonshire, whose Grandfather married a Sewster.1816, The Gentleman's magazine, volume 120, London, England, page 231
Examples of sewster in a sentence
- […] and not of men only but of women and the same not only learned but labouring men, sewsters, servants, and handmaids.2004, Peter Lake, Moderate Puritans And The Elizabethan Church:
- A sewster's thread, i'faith, had been enough [...]2010, Gary Taylor, John Lavagnino, MacDonald P. Jackson, Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works - Page 316:
Forms of sewster
| plural | sewsters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | shooster |
Origin of sewster
From Middle English sewstare, sowstare, sewestre, sowestre, equivalent to sew + -ster. Compare seamster, spinster.
Questions about sewster
- What does sewster mean?
- Sewster means a seamstress; a sewer (someone who sews).
- How do you use sewster in a sentence?
- […] and not of men only but of women and the same not only learned but labouring men, sewsters, servants, and handmaids.
- What part of speech is sewster?
- Sewster is a noun.
- What is the plural of sewster?
- The plural of sewster is sewsters.
Words near sewster in the dictionary
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