Tailor Definition
tālər
tailored, tailoring, tailors
noun
tailors
A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes, esp. suits and coats.
Webster's New World
The fish Pomatomus saltatrix.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- sartor
- seamster
- associated word: sartorial
- draper
- modiste
- pants-presser
- habit-maker
- seamstress
- garment maker
- nip-and-tucker
- needle pusher
- whipstitch
- dressmaker
- tailoress
- clothier
verb
tailored, tailoring, tailors
To make (clothes) by tailor's work.
Webster's New World
To fit or provide (a person) with clothes made by a tailor.
Webster's New World
To work as a tailor.
Webster's New World
To make by cutting and sewing to fit a particular thing.
Webster's New World
To cut, form, or alter so as to meet certain conditions.
A novel tailored to popular taste.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Tailor
Noun
Singular:
tailor
Plural:
tailorsOrigin of Tailor
Middle English from Anglo-Norman taillour from Old French tailleor from taillier to cut from Late Latin tāliāre from Latin tālea a cutting
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman tailour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin talio, from Latin talea (“a cutting").
From Wiktionary
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