costumistn.
/ˈkɒstjuːmɪst/, /ˈkɒstʃuːmɪst/, U.S. /ˈkɑsˌt(j)uməst/ 1. An expert or specialist in costume, esp. historical costume. Now rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > historical painting > a historical painting > costume > connoisseur of
costumist1807
1807 Morning Post 1 Sept. 3/2 This gentleman..will no doubt, thank us for observing, that striped pantaloons and an opera hat are inadmissible articles in the eye of a correct costumist.
1826 D. Wilkie Let. 4 Jan. in F. W. Haydon Benjamin Robert Haydon: Corr. & Table-talk (1876) I. 364 Much more detail than the strict modern costumists allow.
1847 Illustr. London News 9 Oct. 235/3 To the painter, the sculptor, and the costumist,..Mr. Hewitt's Chart will prove a very interesting instructor or refresher.
1929 Lake Park (Iowa) News 20 June 8/2 Mrs. Nina Schmidt, a Nationally known costumist,..presented the 4-H's of Iowa with a wonderland of historical characters in the shape of dainty figures.
2002 C. Armstrong Manet Manette iv. 95 Velasquez was the colorist and costumist of the Spanish tradition.
2. A person employed by a theatre or film company to supply, fit, and look after actors' costumes. Cf. costumer n., costumier n.In quot. 1842 there is some overlap with sense 1.
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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
1842 Spectator 14 May 470/1 The erudite costumist of the Olympic and Covent Garden Theatres was detained in deep consultation by a Royal Duchess for six mortal hours.
1856 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 162 If Mr. Stokes..informs you that we got our moveable theatre from Thespis and Son, and all our dresses, new, from the costumist of the Lyceum, one of us two has been misinformed.
1929 Morning Call (Laurel, Mississippi) 10 Apr. 5/4 Mr. Richmond is not only playwright, director, dance instructor but costumist as well.
1978 K. Kelley Jackie Oh! vii. 102 Jackie decided to appoint the Hollywood costumist as the official White House designer.
2015 Brant News (Brantford, Ont.) (Nexis) 11 Aug. (WhatsOn section) 1 A local theatre group conceived of the idea to adapt William Shakespeare's Hamlet to the steampunk genre... ‘It's really, really cool attire... This production is a costumist's dream.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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