modist rare.
(ˈməʊdɪst)
[f. mode n. + -ist.]
A follower of the fashion.
| 1837 Q. Rev. LIX. 414 The announcement of a new poem by Byron never excited a greater sensation amongst the men of letters—than the description of a new dress worn by a certain beautiful English duchess, periodically excites amongst the modists—of the continent. 1846 Worcester (citing Q. Rev.). Hence in later Dicts. |