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embroiderer

embroiderer

1 5.1
A person who sews patterns and pictures on cloth by hand
  • noun
  • /ɪmˈbrɔɪdərər/
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  • The name of the embroiderer is written on a piece of paper that is tacked onto a completed cloth.

And Guo Pay has a whole shop full of embroiderers and seamstresses that work on these pieces.

Examples

  • After years of practice, she became a renowned embroiderer, known for her unique designs and attention to detail.

  • Selling a work without the involvement of a retailer can have a dramatic effect on an embroiderer's earnings.

    Academic text (2005)

  • And Guo Pay has a whole shop full of embroiderers and seamstresses that work on these pieces.

    Adam Savage’s Tested

  • I will show, for example, that when the embroiderer Rossinah Maepa represented the funeral of ANC leader Peter Mokaba in 2002, she had in mind her own experience of attending the funeral of her brother a year earlier.

    Academic text (2005)

  • In 2000, for example, some embroiderers who met at the D.W.T. Nthathe Adult Education Centre produced cloths representing the disastrous floods in Mozambique.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Van der Merwe is able to charge a private buyer or corporate client about R1500 (the equivalent of about US$250) for a work, deducting only about R200 to cover the cost of materials and thus enabling the embroiderer to earn about R1300.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The skilled embroiderer transformed plain fabric into stunning works of art through intricate needlework.

  • At the craft fair, the embroiderer displayed beautiful tablecloths adorned with colorful patterns.

Synonyms

embroideress
vsembroiderer
  • Archaic
9.3

A woman who sews decorative patterns on cloth, often as a job

is the gender neutral professional who does the same needlework
needleworker
vsembroiderer
5.1

A person who sews or embroiders by hand

focuses specifically on decorating fabric with needlework rather than all sewing
needler
vsembroiderer
6.8

A person or machine that sews patterns onto cloth

is specifically a human who decorates fabric by needlework not a device
embellisher
vsembroiderer
6.0

A person or thing that adds small details to make something look nicer

focuses on needlework decoration of fabric rather than general ornamentation

How Skilled

artisan
55 4.1
embroiderer
1 5.1
stitcher
1 3.4
hobbyist
12 3.5

Surface Forms

embroiderer singular
embroiderers plural

Morphology

embroiderer = embroider (transparent) = embroider + er

The agentive suffix '-er' directly forms 'embroiderer' from the verb 'embroider', so the meaning 'person who embroiders' is predictable for learners.

Etymology

The word embroiderer comes from the verb embroider; the beginning em- meant 'in' and the rest meant 'to sew', so you can think of it as 'sewing on' decoration. That's why an embroiderer is someone who decorates cloth with needlework.