tailor
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈteɪlə//
- United States//ˈteɪlɚ//
A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
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
Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
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.
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin tālea Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin tāliō Old French taillierder. Old French tailleorder. Anglo-Norman taillourbor. Middle English taillour English tailor 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. Compare typologically German Schneider (akin to English snithe); Macedonian кројач (krojač), Polish krawiec (akin to Proto-Slavic *krojiti).
verb
- 1
To make, repair, or alter clothes.
We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.
- 2
figurativeTo make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
The website was tailored to the client's needs.
[C]aregivers from diverse backgrounds may experience variations in the emergence of depressive symptoms, necessitating distinct strategies for support tailored to their individual needs.
- 3
figurativeTo restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.
a narrowly tailored law
Forms
- plural
- tailors
- past tense
- tailored
- past participle
- tailored
- present participle
- tailoring
- third person singular
- tailors
tailor · A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
Tailor · A surname originating as an occupation for a tailor.tails · The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head…tainted · Corrupted or filled with imperfections.