milliner UK /ˈmɪlɪnə/US /ˈmɪlənəɹ/noun 2verb 2forms 3 noun2 •A person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women.Milliners, toymen, and jewellers came down from London [to Tunbridge Wells], and opened a bazaar under the trees. — 1849 •(no longer used) A person who sells (women's) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan.He hath songs for man, or vvoman, of all sizes: No Milliner can so fit his customers vvith Gloues: […] — 1610 verb2 •(no longer used) To manufacture (women's apparel, specifically hats); also, to supply (someone) with women's apparel, specifically hats.We pass over his ridiculous observation […] that Sallust has been "man-millinered by Dr. [Henry] Steuart;" for on what we do not understand we can make no remarks. — 1806 •(figurative, no longer used) To adorn or decorate (something). formsmillinered · millinering · milliners