BE'AD-MAKER, noun One who makes beads. In French, paternostrier is one who makes, strings, and sells beads. In Paris are three companies of paternostriers; one that works in glass or crystal; one, in wood and horn; a third, in amber, coral, etc.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.