corsetiere

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See also: corsetière

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French corsetière.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌkoɹ.səˈtjɛɹ/, /-sɪ-/, /-sɛ-/, /-ˈtɪɹ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkɔːsɛtɪˈɛə/, /kɔːˌsɛt-/

Noun

corsetiere (plural corsetieres)

  1. A female corsetmaker, or a woman in a shop who fits corsets.
    • 2009 May 17, Kathryn Shattuck, “Chamber’s Master, Leaving the Building”, in New York Times:
      Mr. Wadsworth grew up in Newnan, where his father tended produce in a grocery store, and his mother cinched in the town’s women as a corsetiere in a clothing shop, her young son often watching from the dressing-room corner.

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