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Milliner

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a person who designs, makes, or sells women's hats
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Milano
Italian · medieval
"the city of Milan"
the city of Milan, famous for exporting fine fabric, ribbons, and straw hats
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millaner
English · 1500s
"a maker or seller of women's hats"
settled as the English word for a seller of fine hats and fashionable items from Milan
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