Tailor
/ˈteɪlɚ/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
"He works as a tailor on Swanston Street."
- 2 a person whose occupation is making and altering garments wordnet
- 3 Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Australia
"The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line."
Verb
- 1 To make, repair, or alter clothes. ambitransitive
"We can tailor that jacket for you if you like."
- 2 adjust to a specific need or market wordnet
- 3 To make or adapt (something) for a specific need. figuratively, transitive
"The website was tailored to the client's needs."
- 4 create (clothes) with cloth wordnet
- 5 To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need. figuratively, transitive
"a narrowly tailored law"
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- 6 style and tailor in a certain fashion wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a tailor.
Example
More examples"The actor used to have the tailor make his suits."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English taillour, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin tāliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”). Doublet of tailleur.