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embroiderer

/emˈbɹɔɪdəə/em-BROY-dur-ur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ɛmˈbɹɔɪdɚɚ/em-BROY-dur-ur

Meaningone who embroiders

Common meaning: a person who embroiders

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchbredersource
  2. Middle Englishembrouderen‘embroider’source
  3. Englishembroider‘decorate fabric by stitching designs’
  4. Englishformed in English from embroiderembroiderer‘a person who embroiders’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from embroider + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EMBROIDER, p.189 · scan

Source words

  • breder Old French · source word “decorate with needlework”

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