milliner

n. [ From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan, in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's finery. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who designs, makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man milliner, a man who makes or deals in millinery, that occupation having been at one time predominantly performed by women; hence, contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling occupations or embellishments. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]