'Milliner' definitions:
Definition of 'milliner'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Milliner'
From: GCIDE
- Milliner \Mil"li*ner\, n. [From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan, in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's finery.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A person who designs, makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women. [1913 Webster]
- Man milliner, a man who makes or deals in millinery, that occupation having been at one time predominantly performed by women; hence, contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling occupations or embellishments. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'milliner'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antique store,
- apothecary,
- automobile showroom,
- bookstore,
- bootery,
- candy store,
- chemist,
- cigar store,
- clothiers,
- clothing store,
- confectionery,
- dress shop,
- drugstore,
- dry goods store,
- florists,
- fur salon,
- furniture store,
- gift shop,
- haberdashery,
- hardware store,
- hat shop,
- hatmaker,
- hatter,
- hobby shop,
- ironmongery,
- jewelers,
- jewelry store,
- leather goods store,
- liquor store,
- luggage shop,
- milliners,
- novelty shop,
- package store,
- pharmacy,
- saddlery,
- schlock house,
- schlock shop,
- secondhand shop,
- secondhand store,
- shoe store,
- smoke shop,
- specialty shop,
- sporting goods store,
- stationers,
- stationery store,
- sweater shop,
- sweet shop,
- thrift shop,
- tobacco store,
- tobacconists,
- toy shop,
- trimming store,
- used-car lot