Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/May 27

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Word of the day
for May 27
milliner n
  1. (archaic) A person who sells (women's) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan.
  2. (specifically) A person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women.

milliner v (transitive, archaic)

  1. To manufacture (women's apparel, specifically hats); also, to supply (someone) with women's apparel, specifically hats.
  2. (figurative) To adorn or decorate (something).

The London-based Irish hat designer Philip Treacy, described by Vogue magazine as “perhaps the greatest living milliner”, celebrated his birthday yesterday; he was born on 26 May 1967.

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