seamer

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

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• Rhymes: -iːmə(r)

seamer (plural seamers)

1. A person who sews seams.
   • 2010, Helen Chenut, Fabric of Gender: Working-Class Culture in Third Republic France

     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. (cricket) A bowler skilled at making the ball seam.

• Marsee, Sameer, ameers, meares, ramees, reames