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milliner

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Clothes
mil·li·ner /ˈmɪlənə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  BODCCsomeone who makes and sells women’s hats 制作和销售女帽的人,女帽商
Examples from the Corpus
millinerBellingham practised as an insurance broker and his wife as a milliner.Do you know any milliners who might need a sales assistant?With attentive milliners advising sooner rather than later, the hat hunt for whatever date in your diary looms largest should be over.Her hat will be chosen from than 250 made by her personal milliner, John Boyd.Hand-made by top milliners, they represent a colourful souvenir of the sixties.
Origin milliner (1500-1600) Milan city in Italy from which women's clothing was bought in the 16th century
mil·li·ner nounChineseSyllable
and who sells makes someone hats Corpus women’s


milliner
milliner /ˈmɪlənə, ˈmɪlɪnə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Milan city in Italy from which women's clothing was bought in the 16th century
someone who makes and sells women’s hats


mill·inerBrE /ˈmɪlɪnə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪlɪnər/ 🔊 nouna person whose job is making and/or selling women's hats 女帽制造商;制造(或销售)女帽的人