: a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
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After an apprenticeship, possibly with a house called Talbot, Jeanne began working as a milliner.—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 And the milliner has been able to bring to life, and even further improve, my vision.—Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 Imaginative and surreal hats and headpieces by local milliner Parrish Lee are also available.—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Degas is doing his milliners and laundresses and ballet dancers.—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for milliner
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Etymology
irregular from Milan, Italy; from the importation of women's finery from Italy in the 16th century
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