milliner Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who makes and sells hats
    modiste; hatmaker; hatter.

WordNet

Mil"li*ner noun
Etymology
From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan, in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's finery.
Definitions
  1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women. Obs.
    No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak.
  2. A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.

Webster 1913