sempstress

[ semp-stris, sem-stris ]

/ ˈsɛmp strɪs, ˈsɛm strɪs /

seamstress.

usage note for sempstress

See -ess.

semper paratus, sempervivum, sempiternal, semplice, sempre, sempstress, semtex, semé, semënov, sen, sen.

About 1647, she, being a sempstress to Colonel Monk, used to carry him linen.'

The Town |Leigh Hunt
You own that you cannot do anything for the sempstress and the housemaid.

The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) |Thomas Babington Macaulay
For example, in the squalid room sits a young girl, refined though poor—a sempstress.

To Tell You the Truth |Leonard Merrick
I'd rather listen to a three-stringed guitar serenading a sempstress in some neighbouring garret.

A Bold Stroke for a Husband |Hannah Cowley

He left his kingdom to his other son Perseus, who was said not to be legitimate, but to be the son of a sempstress named Gnathæna.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV |Aubrey Stewart

sempstress

/ (ˈsɛmpstrɪs) /

a rare word for seamstress