seamster

[ seem-steror, especially British, sem- ]

noun

1. a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seamster¹

before 1000; Middle English semster ( e ), Old English sǣmestre, sēamystre, feminine derivative of sēamere tailor; seam, -ster

Example Sentences

The Republican case against student-debt relief relies on the false claim that it will hurt a Missouri loan authority’s revenue, Eleni Schirmer and Louise Seamster write.

From New York Times

Americans aren’t accustomed to thinking of utilities and other public assets as drivers of residential segregation and inequality, says Louise Seamster, a University of Iowa sociologist who studies racial politics, but these obscure entities and small decisions can play a major role in the distribution of wealth and power across metropolitan regions.

From New York Times

Among those expected to participate are Bunch; Damion L. Thomas, curator of sports at the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Louise Seamster, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Iowa who studies race and economic inequality; Sean Sweat, a medical student who rewrote the Hippocratic oath to reflect racial injustice; and Diana Chao, who was in high school when she founded Letters to Strangers, a nonprofit focused on increased access to mental health services and treatment for young people.

From Washington Post

“The virus epidemic has accelerated some of the trends that are strangling public higher education,” said Louise Seamster of the University of Iowa and a co-author of the Roosevelt Institute paper.

From New York Times

Police arrested Seamster and Fuller Tuesday while Wamulumba was arrested in March in Portland.

From Washington Times