seamstress

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English seamster Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English seamstress From seamster + -ess.

1. A woman who sews clothes professionally.

   “[…] the Seamſtreſs brought in her ſilver thimble, the Chamber-maid her Bodkin, the Cook his ſilver ſpoon, the Vintner his Bowl into the common Treaſury of War and they who contributed to ſo pious a work, were invited more then others in ſome Churches to come to the Holy Communion in the very time of adminiſtration; […]”

   “They are seamstresses, who have plied the daily and nightly needle in the service of master tailors and close-fisted contractors, until now it is almost time for each to hem the borders of her own shroud.”