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shepster

shepster noun: a seamstress.

Noun

shepster (plural shepsters)

  1. (obsolete) A seamstress.
    • 14th century, William Caxton, Dialogues
      Mabyll the shepster Cheuissheth her right well

Forms of shepster

pluralshepsters

Origin of shepster

Inherited from Middle English schapestere; equivalent to shape + -ster.

Words formed from shepster

Questions about shepster

What does shepster mean?
Shepster means a seamstress.
What part of speech is shepster?
Shepster is a noun.
What is the plural of shepster?
The plural of shepster is shepsters.

Words near shepster in the dictionary

  1. Sheprador
  2. Shepradors
  3. Shepreth
  4. sheps
  5. Shepshed
  6. shepster
  7. shepster time
  8. shepsters
  9. Shepton Mallet
  10. Shepton Montague
  11. Sheptytskyi

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