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designer

[dih-zahy-ner]

noun

  1. a person who devises or executes designs, especially one who creates forms, structures, and patterns, as for works of art or machines.

  2. a schemer, intriguer, or plotter.



adjective

  1. designed or created by or carrying a label or identification of a designer, especially a fashion designer, but often mass-produced.

    designer jeans.

  2. created for intentional effect through chemical or genetic modification, as for a designer drug, or through crossbreeding, as for a designer dog.

designer

/ ɪˈɪə /

noun

  1. a person who devises and executes designs, as for works of art, clothes, machines, etc

  2. (modifier) designed by and bearing the label or signature of a well-known fashion designer

    designer jeans

  3. (modifier) (of things, ideas, etc) having an appearance of fashionable trendiness

    designer pop songs

    designer stubble

  4. (modifier) (of cells, chemicals, etc) designed (or produced) to perform a specific function or combat a specific problem

    designer insecticide

  5. (modifier) (of an animal) cross-bred for a specific purpose, such as looks, temperament, or likelihood of causing an allergy

    designer dogs

  6. a person who devises plots or schemes; intriguer

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • self-designer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of designer1

First recorded in 1640–50; design + -er 1
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Example Sentences

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Ms Badiani-Hamment said she had noticed the fashion industry changing, adding there were "very few designers left in the country handling fur".

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Nicola later said she had wanted to, telling the Times Victoria realised her atelier couldn't make it in time so she had to pick a different designer.

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His older son, a graphic designer, lives nearby.

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American designers, including those who fashioned costumes such as Marilyn Monroe’s iconic white dress from “The Seven Year Itch,” gained prominence.

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"We're looking at how a memorial is created and maintained, choosing designers and learning what materials will stand the test of time," she explains.

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