GARMENT-WORKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does garment-worker mean? 

• GARMENT-WORKER (noun)
  The noun GARMENT-WORKER has 1 sense:

1. a person who makes garments

  Familiarity information: GARMENT-WORKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GARMENT-WORKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who makes garments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

garment-worker; garment worker; garmentmaker

Hypernyms ("garment-worker" is a kind of...):

needleworker (someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "garment-worker"):

cloakmaker; furrier (someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments)

dressmaker; modiste; needlewoman; seamstress; sempstress (someone who makes or mends dresses)

outfitter (someone who sells men's clothes)

stitcher (a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps)

sartor; seamster; tailor (a person whose occupation is making and altering garments)