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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word buttonholer:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. buttonholer: Merriam-Webster
  2. buttonholer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buttonholer: Collins English Dictionary
  4. buttonholer: Wordnik
  5. buttonholer: Wiktionary
  6. buttonholer: Dictionary.com
  7. Buttonholer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. buttonholer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buttonholer: Medical dictionary

(Note: See buttonhole as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (buttonholer)

noun:  One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.
noun:  An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.

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