English to Xhosa Meaning of modiste - modiste

Modiste :

modiste

← Modish

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Definitions of modiste in English

Noun(1) someone who makes and sells hats(2) someone who makes or mends dresses

Examples of modiste in English

(1) It's the sort of city where a burglar, a banker, a taxi-driver, an academician, a modiste , and a pushcart vendor might all fetch up together in a corner banquette at the end of the night.(2) Her title-page identifies her as ‘formerly a slave, but more recently modiste , and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln,’ thus indicating a certain progression - from chattel, to employee, to friend.(3) Then find me a competent man of affairs along with a modiste and a personal maid from one of the agencies.(4) Mocking her endeavors as author and modiste , the parody echoes the language common to nineteenth-century advertisement with the words ‘Publishers and ladies please take notice.’(5) Of course, I've been with my modiste - this year's hats are so bewitching!

(1) dangling modifier ::

isilungisi uqhelile

(2) adverbial modifier ::

isilungisi izibaluli

Synonyms

Noun

1. sempstress ::

sempstress

2. dressmaker ::

dressmaker

3. needlewoman ::

needlewoman

4. seamstress ::

kumthungi

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