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Definition of Tailor

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

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

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

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