shepster

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English shepster, shapster, shuppester, equivalent to shape +‎ -ster.

Noun

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shepster (plural shepsters)

  1. (obsolete) A seamstress.
    • 14th century, William Caxton, Dialogues
      Mabyll the shepster Cheuissheth her right well

Derived terms

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References

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shepster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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