embroiderer

noun

Definition of embroiderernext
as in needleworker

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Recent Examples of embroiderer Every embroiderer at Inaash has been displaced, their families among the 470,000 Palestinian refugees currently registered in Lebanon. — Amelia Dhuga, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025 In 2019, Maison Parisienne organized an exhibition of the work of Lesage art director Hubert Barrère, a master embroiderer best known for his collaboration with Chanel. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025 Nearby, both embroiderer Vjollca Mezini and stone-carver Muhedin Makri who also works with iron, deserve a visit, even if your luggage can't accommodate their artisanal wares. — Samia Qaiyum, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2024
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  1. tailor
  2. weaver
Noun
  • That information could eventually help doctors tailor breast cancer screening to a woman's individual risk, Lehman said.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The company was established in Rochester, New York, in 1964 by an Italian designer and master tailor who had come to the United States from Italy.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of tailor
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  • More than five centuries ago, the son of a wool weaver from Genoa sailed westward to widen the boundaries of the known world.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Wicker stars the Academy Award–winning Olivia Colman as a fisherwoman who asks the village weaver (Peter Dinklage) to weave her a husband.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of weaver

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“Embroiderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroiderer. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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