Hypertext Webster Gateway: "milliner"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Milliner \Mil"li*ner\, n. [From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan,
in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's
finery.]
1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles
of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the
fancy of women. [Obs.]
No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.
--Shak.
2. A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in
hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.
{Man milliner}, a man who makes or deals in millinery; hence,
contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling
occupations or embellishments.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
milliner
n 1: a merchant who designs and sells hats
2: someone who makes and sells hats [syn: {hatmaker}, {hatter},
{modiste}]
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