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embroideress|ɛmˈbrɔɪdərɪs| Also embroidress. [f. as prec. + -ess.] A female embroiderer; a woman who embroiders.
1723Lond. Gaz. No. 6171/7 Emma Paine.., Embroideress. 1782Lady Llanover in Mrs. Delany's Corr. Ser. ii. III. 80 To apologize for his niece's being an embroidress by profession. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (ed. 3) I. vi. 440 The skilful needles of English embroideresses. |