Editing Hatmaking (section)

==Origin==
The term "milliner" or "Milener" originally meant someone from [[Milan]], in northern Italy, in the early 16th century. It referred to Milanese merchants who sold fancy bonnets, gloves, jewellery and cutlery. In the 16th to 18th centuries, the meaning of "milliner" gradually changed in meaning from "a foreign merchant" to "a dealer in small articles relating to dress". Although the term originally applied to men, from 1713 "milliner" gradually came to mean a woman who makes and sells [[Bonnet (headgear)|bonnet]]s and other accessories for women.<ref>{{Cite web|title=milliner, Origin and meaning of milliner by Online Etymology Dictionary|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/milliner|access-date=2020-10-22|website=etymonline.com|language=en | quote = The original milliners were men; by 1713 the word was being used of 'a woman who makes and sells bonnets and other headgear for women,' and this was the prevailing sense of the word 19c.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last= Tréguer|first= Pascal|date= 2016-08-12|title= The word 'milliner' originally meant 'native or inhabitant of Milan'.|url=https://wordhistories.net/2016/08/12/milliner/|access-date=2020-10-22 |website= word histories|language=en-GB}}
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