seamstress:
(also, rarely: ‘sempstress’ & ‘needlewoman’; plural: ‘seamstresses‘; male: (old usage) ‘seamster’, ‘sewer’; (present usage) tailor; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
tools used in sewing
‘to sew’ (‘sew’ rhymes with the word ‘so’) = to stitch clothes, i.e. to make clothes by cutting and joining pieces of cloth (fabric) together with the help of a scissors for cutting the cloth into pieces, according to size and shape, and needle and thread for joining them or using a sewing machine
a seamstress of the past
a woman who sews cloth into clothes as a job;
a (female) dressmaker,
a modern day seamstress using a sewing machine
Grundy’s aunt is the best seamstress in town; so, it’s no wonder she wears well-fit clothes all the time.
Most women who like needlework and sewing and do dress-making has a hobby take up jobs as seamstresses to supplement their family income in hard times, especially when their men are not able to earn a good living.
Though dress-makers is more commonly used for seamstresses these days, the word seamstress is still found in news items and fashion articles to show the difference between designers who concentrate on designing and seamstresses who actually stitch them.
