milliner

Meanings

1. A person who sells (women's) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan.
2. A person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women.

1. To manufacture (women's apparel, specifically hats); also, to supply (someone) with women's apparel, specifically hats.
2. To adorn or decorate (something).

1. A surname.

Etymology

The noun is a variant of Milaner (“(obsolete) inhabitant or native of Milan”) (referring to the importation and sale of women’s apparel, etc., made in Milan: see noun sense 1), from Late Middle English Milener, Miloner (“native of Milan”), from Milan + -er(e) (suffix denoting an inhabitant or resident). The verb is derived from the noun.