plumassier
(pluːməˈsɪə(r))
Also 6 -asier.
[a. F. plumassier (1480), f. plumasse: see above and -ier.]
One who works or trades in feathers or plumes for ornamental purposes.
| 1598 Hakluyt Voy. I. 250 The couerings of his tent..are all of gold..with the curious workemanship of plumasiers. 1812 Moore Post-bag (heading) Anacreontic to a Plumassier. 1846 Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 46 Lady Downingstreet must take care that her Royal Highness's court plume come home in due time from the plumassier. 1894 Spectator 20 Jan. 80/1 The plume of egret's feathers, or ‘ospreys’, as the plumassiers..chose to call them. |