shepster

English

Etymology

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

Noun

shepster (plural shepsters)

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

Derived terms

References

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

Anagrams

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