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modiste
[ moh-deest; French maw-deest ]
noun
, plural mo·distes [moh-, deests, maw-, deest].
- Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
modiste
/ məʊˈdiːst /
noun
- a fashionable dressmaker or milliner
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of modiste1
C19: from French, from mode fashion
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Example Sentences
Her dwelling, which I first visited with Evie and her aunt, was on the first floor of the modiste's at the back.
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And you think of the feelings of your modiste, and ignore those of your poor old (but well-preserved) Godmother!
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The scene is at a dressmaker's; the cast: the modiste, two dressmakers, and sewing-girls.
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The modiste, oppressed by the sad songs that portray their own unhappiness, bids them sing of other people's happiness.
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First in a milliner shop; then as dresser to a model in the shop of a swell modiste; always watching how the ladies behave.
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