costumiern.
/kɒsˈtjuːmɪə/, /kɒsˈtʃuːmɪə/, U.S. /kɑsˈt(j)umiər/, /kɑsˈt(j)umiˌeɪ/ A person who makes or supplies costumes (in various senses); (now usually) a person who or company which sells or hires out theatrical costumes or fancy dress. Also: a person employed by a theatre or film company to supply, fit, and look after actors' costumes.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making other items of clothing > one who makes other items of clothing
wimpler1260
paltock-maker1376
wimplester1379
point-maker1405
girdler1428
silk-maid1474
pointer1500
middlemana1525
jack-maker1541
paste-wife1550
silkman1553
body-maker1573
linen-armourer1603
bodice-maker1672
costumier1798
costumer1830
costumist1842
rober1852
stock-maker1858
tie-maker1901
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > costumier or dresser
tire-man1601
dresser1731
costumier1798
society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns
mercerc1230
clothier1362
draper1362
woolman1390
yarn-chopper1429
line-draper1436
Welsh drapera1525
telerc1540
purple-seller1547
linen-draper1549
staplera1552
silkman1553
woollen-draper1554
wool-driver1555
woolster1577
linener1616
woolner1619
linen-man1631
ragman1649
rag merchant1665
slop-seller1665
bodice-seller1672
piece-broker1697
wool-stapler1709
cloth-man1723
Manchester-man1755
fleece-merchanta1774
rag dealer1777
man's mercer1789
keelman1821
man-mercer1837
cotton-broker1849
slopper1854
shoddyite1865
costumier1886
cotton-man1906
1798 tr. C. A. Böttinger in Monthly Rev. Enlarged 27 App. 505 Those who, like a certain French costumier [Ger. wie jener Französische Costumier], are at a loss to understand how the antients were able to keep together their flowing..garments.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 509/2 Our modern costumiers take measure by algebra, and cut out by diagrams.
1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 307 A thing of costumiers and bric-à-brac dealers.
1946 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xvi. 186 When it became impossible to find costumiers in London who could undertake the work at such short notice, Korda suggested that the leading actress's dresses and hats should be made in Paris.
1962 D. L. Tompkins Handbk. Theatr. Apprentices xii. 57 The director, scene designer, costumier, prop man, and lighting designer need at least one chance to see whether small changes would improve the final production.
2003 D. Richie Image Factory 147 Among the fifty thousand weekly customers whom the costumiers can count on, a major interest centres around..computer games—dressing up like the heroes or heroines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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