mantua-makern.

Brit.

/ˈmantjʊəˌmeɪkə/,

/ˈmantʃʊəˌmeɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈmæn(t)ʃəwəˈmeɪkər/

Forms: see mantua n.² and maker n.; also Irish English (northern) 1900s– mantumaker. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mantua n.², maker n.

Etymology: < mantua n.² + maker n. Compare manteau-maker n.

Now archaic and historical.

Originally: a person who made mantuas. Later more generally: a dressmaker.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > dressmaking > [noun] > dressmaker

mantle-maker1552

tire-woman1615

mantua-maker1694

manteau-maker1699

manty-maker1771

sack-maker1780

dressmaker1793

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Pantagr. Prognost. 237 Mantuamaker.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶11 The most celebrated Tyre-women and Mantua-makers in Paris.

1776 Mass. Gaz. & Boston Weekly News-let. 22 Feb. Masks will be..sold by almost all the Milliners and Mantua Makers in Town.

1841 in E. Hodder Life Earl Shaftesbury (1886) I. 328 An enquiry into the state and treatment of the wretched milliners and mantua-makers.

a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xxiii. 140 My father gave us each a silk dress..and my Mother got..them neatly made up by a French mantua maker.

1886 E. L. Bynner Agnes Surriage xv. 165 Get on your hat and go with me to the mantua-maker.

1905 E. A. U. Valentine Hecla Sandwith 100 After Wednesday evening prayer-meeting it had been his heroic duty to escort home..the little lame Mantua-maker.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 216/2 Mantumaker, a dressmaker.

1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon xiii. 143 A Coach and Six to go to her Mantua-Maker's.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mantua-maker
释义	mantua-makern. Brit. /ˈmantjʊəˌmeɪkə/, /ˈmantʃʊəˌmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈmæn(t)ʃəwəˈmeɪkər/ Forms: see mantua n.² and maker n.; also Irish English (northern) 1900s– mantumaker. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mantua n.², maker n. Etymology: < mantua n.² + maker n. Compare manteau-maker n. Now archaic and historical. Originally: a person who made mantuas. Later more generally: a dressmaker. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > dressmaking > [noun] > dressmaker mantle-maker1552 tire-woman1615 mantua-maker1694 manteau-maker1699 manty-maker1771 sack-maker1780 dressmaker1793 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Pantagr. Prognost. 237 Mantuamaker. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶11 The most celebrated Tyre-women and Mantua-makers in Paris. 1776 Mass. Gaz. & Boston Weekly News-let. 22 Feb. Masks will be..sold by almost all the Milliners and Mantua Makers in Town. 1841 in E. Hodder Life Earl Shaftesbury (1886) I. 328 An enquiry into the state and treatment of the wretched milliners and mantua-makers. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xxiii. 140 My father gave us each a silk dress..and my Mother got..them neatly made up by a French mantua maker. 1886 E. L. Bynner Agnes Surriage xv. 165 Get on your hat and go with me to the mantua-maker. 1905 E. A. U. Valentine Hecla Sandwith 100 After Wednesday evening prayer-meeting it had been his heroic duty to escort home..the little lame Mantua-maker. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 216/2 Mantumaker, a dressmaker. 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon xiii. 143 A Coach and Six to go to her Mantua-Maker's. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1694
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