tailor
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlə/
Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: tailer
- Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]tailor (plural tailors)
- A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
- He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.
- (Australia) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
- 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)
- 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.
- 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)
Synonyms
[edit]- (fish): bluefish
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing as profession
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female tailor
Pomatomus saltatrix — see bluefish
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Verb
[edit]tailor (third-person singular simple present tailors, present participle tailoring, simple past and past participle tailored)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.
- We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.
- (transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
- The website was tailored to the client's needs.
- (transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.
- a narrowly tailored law
Translations
[edit]make, repair, or alter clothing
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adapt for a specific need
restrict something to particular need
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, →ISBN.
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