\Mil"li*ner\, n. [From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan,
in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's
finery.]
1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles
   of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the
   fancy of women. [Obs.]
         No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.
                                               --Shak.
2. A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in
   hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.
{Man milliner}, a man who makes or deals in millinery; hence,
   contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling
   occupations or embellishments.