patternmaker

American  

[pat-ern-mey-ker, pat-n-] / ˈpæt ərnˌmeɪ kər, ˈpæt n- /

Or pattern maker

noun

1. a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.

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Other Word Forms

• patternmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of patternmaker

First recorded in 1810–20; pattern + maker

Example Sentences

But a patternmaker working at the same Istanbul company said she would cast her vote for Kilicdaroglu.

From Reuters • May 8, 2023

For fashion assistance, she headed straight to Atelier Caito for Herve Pierre, a nearly 2-year-old collaboration between the Frenchman who styles first lady Melania Trump, and Nicolas Caito, a compatriot and veteran patternmaker.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2019

Seidel, a patternmaker by trade, was derided by ideological purists as a “Sewer Socialist” for building what would now be called infrastructure.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 14, 2019

Last week, popular fashion patternmaker Papercut Patterns posted a short video on Instagram of one of their patterns being reprinted.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2019

The engineer is dependent upon the machinist, the founder, the patternmaker, and other workers at the trades, for the proper construction of the machinery and structures designed by him.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various