Meaning & use
milliner
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A person who designs, makes, or sells hats, especially women's hats.
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The milliner spent weeks hand-stitching feathers onto the bride's veil.
Her grandmother worked as a milliner in a small shop in the 1950s.
A note on using this word
A somewhat old-fashioned occupational term, still used today mainly for makers of fashion or formal-wear hats rather than mass-produced caps.
Words with a similar meaning
hatmaker
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