: a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
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See our gallery of 16 milliners and hatmakers to check out before the 2026 Kentucky Derby.—Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Mar. 2026 Fashion elite rushed around the city in street style that incorporated fur in the form of jackets, coats and scarves, bows both big and small, infusions of polka dots and stripes, and enough pillbox hats to make Jackie O. proud (many of which were made by New York milliner Gigi Burris).—Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026 Worn at an asymmetrical angle, the hat was evocative of the styles Queen Camilla has worn in the past, often designed by Irish milliner Philip Treacy.—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026 There aren’t many gifts that combine the royals’ love of dogs and hats, but this oh-so-chic calendar, conceived by royal milliner Awon Golding, does just that.—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for milliner
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Etymology
irregular from Milan, Italy; from the importation of women's finery from Italy in the 16th century