Definition of "modiste" [‖Mo•diste]

• One that produces, designs, or deals in women's fashions. (noun)

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• "I think that Calliope has lived in Friendship since the beginning, when she and Liddy Ember were partners in their little "modiste" shop."
• "The 'modiste' will tell the philosopher that it is now the fashion to be severe; in a word, it is 'fesch'."
• "“I rather stand in awe of a good milliner or modiste,” she nodded gravely."