Usage examples (32)

• It was obvious at first glance that Mrs Burbridge was a highly talented embroideress.
• She loves I sewing and she's become a really clever embroideress in the short time she's been here.
• Matthew Paris, in his Life of St. Alban, tells of an excellent embroideress, Christine, Prioress of Margate, who lived in the middle of the twelfth century.
• With no further preamble, she took her supplies from the falconer's bag and proceeded to show the women how a professional seamstress, embroideress, or modiste...