Definition of 'tailor'
Word forms: tailors plural3rd person singular present tense, tailoring present participle, tailored past tense past participle
1. countable noun
A tailor is a person whose job is to make men's clothes.
2. transitive verb
If you tailor something such as a plan or system to someone's needs, you make it suitable for a particular person or purpose by changing
the details of it.
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tailor in American English
verb intransitive
2.
to work as a tailor
verb transitive
3.
a.
to make (clothes) by tailor's work
b.
to fit or provide (a person) with clothes made by a tailor
4.
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Word origin
ME < OFr tailleor < taillier, to cut, decide, fix < VL taliare, to split, cut, orig. prob. to prune < L talea, a stick, twig, scion < IE base *tal-, to grow, sprout > ON thǫll, young fir
Word Frequency
tailor in American English 1
(ˈteilər)
noun
1.
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, esp. suits, coats, and other outer garments
transitive verb
2.
to make by tailor's work
3.
to fashion or adapt to a particular taste, purpose, need, etc
to tailor one's actions to those of another
4.
to fit or furnish with clothing
5. chiefly U.S. Military
intransitive verb
6.
to do the work of a tailor
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Word origin
[1250–1300; ME (n.) ‹ AF tailour, OF tailleor, equiv. to taill(ier) to cut (‹ LL tāliāre, deriv. of L tālea a cutting, lit., heel-piece; see tally) + -or -or2]Word Frequency
tailor in American English 2
(ˈteilər)
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Word origin
[alter. by folk etym. of teller]Word Frequency
tailor in British English
noun
1. ▶ Related adjective: sartorial
verb
3.
to cut or style (material, clothes, etc) to satisfy certain requirements
4. (transitive)
he tailored his speech to suit a younger audience
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Word origin
C13: from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French taillier to cut, from Latin tālea a cutting; related to Greek talis girl of marriageable age
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Which type of fish am I?
any of various small marine food fishes of the herring family, esp a young pilchard
Which type of fish am I?
a European flatfish, Platichthys flesus having a greyish-brown body covered with prickly scales: family Pleuronectidae: an important food fish
Which type of fish am I?
any soft-finned fish of the family Salmonidae, esp Salmo salar of the Atlantic and Oncorhynchus species (sockeye, Chinook, etc) of the Pacific, which are important food fishes. They occur in cold and temperate waters and many species migrate to fresh water to spawn
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any sparid fish, esp Pagellus centrodontus, of European seas, valued as a food fish
Which type of fish am I?
any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
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In other languages
tailor
- American English: tailor /ˈteɪlər/
- Arabic: خَيِّاط
- Brazilian Portuguese: alfaiate
- Chinese: 裁缝
- Croatian: krojač
- Czech: krejčí
- Danish: skrædder
- Dutch: kleermaker
- European Spanish: sastre
- Finnish: räätäli
- French: tailleur
- German: Schneider
- Greek: ράφτης
- Italian: sarto
- Japanese: テーラー
- Korean: 재봉사
- Norwegian: skredder
- Polish: krawiec
- European Portuguese: alfaiate
- Romanian: croitor
- Russian: портной
- Spanish: sastre
- Swedish: skräddare
- Thai: ช่างตัดเสื้อ
- Turkish: terzi
- Ukrainian: кравець
- Vietnamese: thợ may
British English: tailor
VERB /ˈteɪlə/
If you tailor something such as a plan or system to someone's needs, you make it suitable for a particular person or purpose by changing the details of it.
We can tailor the programme to the patient's needs.
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