couturier English · revision 1278

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|couturier|t=dressmaker]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from Old French ''cousturier'' “tailor's assistant”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate) from ''cousture'' “sewing, seam”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate) from Vulgar Latin ''*cōnsūtūra'', from Latin ''cōnsuere'' “to sew together”.^(Barnhart 1995) It is related to [[couture]] and [[sew]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A male dressmaker or fashion designer (1885 as a French word in English;^(Etymonline) 1899 in Barnhart, Merriam-Webster and the OED).^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The feminine ''couturière'' “dressmaker” appeared in English earlier, in 1818.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) An 1885 article quoted by Etymonline called the couturier an essentially modern Parisian figure, associated with the great designers of the Second Empire such as Worth.^(Etymonline) The word also names a fashion house itself.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1818 – ''couturière''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1885 – ''couturier'' as a French word.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1899 – ''couturier'' in English.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who designs, makes and sells fashionable clothes, especially [[haute couture]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An establishment engaged in couture; a [[fashion house]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[couture]]

+ * [[haute couture]]

+ * [[couturière]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}