embroideress
9.3
A woman who sews decorative patterns on cloth, often as a job
- noun
- /ɪmˈbrɔɪdərɛs/
- Archaic
:
bordadora
- The skilled embroideress worked tirelessly to create intricate designs on the wedding dress.
Examples
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The embroideress showcased her talent at the craft fair, displaying stunning pieces of her work.
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As an embroideress, she often received commissions to add beautiful patterns to various garments.
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Tenebrae has seated herself and taken up her needlework, a piece whose size and difficulty are already subjects of discussion in the House, the embroideress herself keeping silence—upon this topic, at least.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
embroiderer
vsembroideress
1
5.1
A person who sews patterns and pictures on cloth by hand
is female rather than any gender
needleworker
vsembroideress
5.1
A person who sews or embroiders by hand
focuses specifically on stitched decoration rather than general needle tasks
How Skilled
Surface Forms
embroideress singular
embroideresses plural
Morphology
Etymology
Embroideress comes from embroider (to 'decorate cloth with thread') plus the female ending -ess (meaning 'woman'), like in actress or waitress. So an embroideress is a woman who makes decorative stitching on cloth, often as her job.