corsetiere

See also: corsetière

English

Alternative forms

• corsetière

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^[1]:

     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.

References

• “corsetiere”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “corsetiere”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “corsetiere”, in Collins English Dictionary.