modiste Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who makes and sells hats
    milliner; hatmaker; hatter.
  2. noun someone who makes or mends dresses
    dressmaker; seamstress; needlewoman; sempstress.

WordNet

Mo`diste" noun
Etymology
F. See Mode, and cf. Modist.
Definitions
  1. A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of dress.

Webster 1913