seamer

noun

1. A person who sews seams.

   The case of Mme Binet's mother, a young widow who worked as a seamer at home, reveals how this system affected homeworkers.

2. Part of a sewing machine that creates seams.

3. A bowler skilled at making the ball seam.

Where it comes from

From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam + -er.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry seamer (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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