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tailor

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  • Regno Unito//ˈteɪlə//
  • Stati Uniti//ˈteɪlɚ//

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

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  1. 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. 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.

Etimologia

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).

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  1. 1

    To make, repair, or alter clothes.

    We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.

  2. 2

    figuratoTo 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. 3

    figuratoTo restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

    a narrowly tailored law

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