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needlewoman en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English womman English woman English needlewoman From needle + woman.

Meanings

1. A woman who works with a needle; a female embroiderer, sewer, etc.
   • Rosie learned to sew too and became a good needlewoman, often sitting up with her mother into the night hours. 2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), page 228:

Forms

Translations (11)

ga maintín (a woman who works with a needle) · ga fuálaí (mná) (a woman who works with a needle) · ga druinneach (a woman who works with a needle) · pl szwaczka (a woman who works with a needle) · ga bean snáthaide (a woman who works with a needle) · ru рукоде́льница (a woman who works with a needle) · ro croitoreasă (a woman who works with a needle) · ga bean fuála (a woman who works with a needle) · it cucitrice (a woman who works with a needle) · hu varrónő (a woman who works with a needle) · ro cusătoreasă (a woman who works with a needle)