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Definition of Tailor

1. Noun. A person whose occupation is making and altering garments.

2. Verb. Adjust to a specific need or market. "Tailor your needs to your surroundings"

3. Verb. Style and tailor in a certain fashion. "They tailor the cape "; "Cut a dress"

4. Verb. Create (clothes) with cloth. "They tailor the cape "; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"

Definition of Tailor

1. n. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.

2. v. i. To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.

Definition of Tailor

1. Noun. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. ¹

2. Noun. The fish ''Pomatomus saltatrix''. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need, e.g. ''a narrowly tailored law''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tailor

1. to fit with clothes [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Tailor

1. 1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. "Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor." (Shak) 2. The mattowacca; called also tailor herring. The silversides. 3. The goldfish. Salt-water tailor, any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O. Longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (O. Coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green. Origin: OF. Tailleor, F. Tailleur, fr. OF. Taillier, F. Tailler to cut, fr. L. Talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailor

tailings taillamp taillamps taille tailles tailless tailless tenrec taillessness tailleur tailleurs

taillie taillies taillight taillights taillike tailor (current term) tailor's tailor's chalk tailor's cramp tailor's dummy

tailor's ham tailor's muscle tailor's spasm tailor's tack tailor-fashion tailor-made tailor-make tailorable tailorbird tailorbirds

Literary usage of Tailor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"THE VALIANT LITTLE tailor ONE summer's morning a little tailor was sitting on ... This rang pleasantly in the tailor's ears; he stretched his delicate head ..."

2. Household Stories, from the Collection of the Bros: Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1883)
"asked the tailor. " There is no doubt that you can throw," said the giant; ... He led the little tailor to a mighty oak-tree which had been felled, ..."

3. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1841)
"THE tailor fell thro' the bed, thimbles and a', The tailor fell thro' the bed, thimbles and a'; The blankets were thin and the sheets they were sma', ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1898)
"There has also been attributed to tailor : ' Sacred Hymns, consisting of Fifti Select ... Some complimentary verses by R. tailor, dated December 1613, ..."

5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"And it was thought that the old ruined church was haunted, and that fearsome supernatural objects were to be seen there at night. The tailor was well aware ..."

6. Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Collectors by Frederick Litchfield (1900)
"Dresden, was importuned by his tailor to be allowed to see the ... At length he consented, and the tailor upon his entrance was presented with the two last ..."

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