Seamster
/ˈsiːm.stər/noun
A person who sews seams, especially a tailor or needleworker.
Did you know?The word is built from Old English *seam* “seam, joining” plus the agent suffix *-ster*, which once formed feminine nouns but later became gender-neutral in words like *spinster* and *youngster*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sem-
“to join, unite; one, together”
Old English
OE
sēam
“a seam, a stitched joining”
Old English
OE
-estre / -ster
“an agentive suffix, often used for a woman doing a task”
Middle English
ME
semster / seamster
“a person who sews seams or stitches garments”
Modern English
English
seamster
“a tailor or person who sews seams”