dressmaker Syllabification: (dress·mak·er)Pronunciation: /ˈdresˌmākər/Translate dressmaker | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of dressmaker noun a person whose job is making women’s clothes. Derivatives dressmakingPronunciation: /-kiNG/ noun dressmaker in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of dressmaker in the British & World English dictionary