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tailor

1

[ tey-ler ]

noun

  1. a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.


verb (used with object)

  1. to make by tailor's work.
  2. to fashion or adapt to a particular taste, purpose, need, etc.:

    to tailor one's actions to those of another.

  3. to fit or furnish with clothing.
  4. Chiefly U.S. Military. to make (a uniform) to order; cut (a ready-made uniform) so as to cause to fit more snugly; taper.

verb (used without object)

  1. to do the work of a tailor.

tailor

2

[ tey-ler ]

noun

, British Dialect.
  1. a stroke of a bell indicating someone's death; knell.

tailor

/ ˈteɪlə /

noun

  1. a person who makes, repairs, or alters outer garments, esp menswear sartorial
  2. a voracious and active marine food fish, Pomatomus saltator, of Australia with scissor-like teeth


verb

  1. to cut or style (material, clothes, etc) to satisfy certain requirements
  2. tr to adapt so as to make suitable for something specific

    he tailored his speech to suit a younger audience

  3. intr to follow the occupation of a tailor

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tailor1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English (noun), from Anglo-French tailour, Old French tailleor, from taill(ier) “to cut” (from Late Latin tāliāre, derivative of Latin tālea “rod, cutting,” literally, “heel-piece”; tally ) + -or -or 2

Origin of tailor2

Alteration by folk etymology of teller

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tailor1

C13: from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French taillier to cut, from Latin tālea a cutting; related to Greek talis girl of marriageable age

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Example Sentences

It’s a way to get properly fitted clothing without a trip to the tailor, where social distancing is impossible, or having to try on clothes in crowded retail stores.

I worked with my stylists and friends Marni Senofonte and Deonte Nash to create a custom look with our tailor Arturo and his daughter Christina from Rancho Tailors.

The team of milliners, tailors and textile experts has been studiously sewing face coverings since the spring, so everyone working on the 300-acre property, whether they’re maintenance or Martha Washington, has masks made on-site.

Our next step is to combine cuts and folds, thereby becoming even better tailors.

It can identify and reproduce the “chemical fingerprints” of aged liquors, he said, or tailor tastes, colors and aromas to specific requirements.

From Ozy

One minute the script, the next a story about Ivor Novello's tailor or the Tahiti steamer schedule in the Thirties.

He had a tailor who ran up dozens of the same suit in different sizes to account for slight variations in his weight.

He looked, that dreadful afternoon, as if he had just come from his barber, tailor and haberdasher.

The reason why these guys are so successful is because they have no egos, and specifically tailor the parts for the actor.

We should think about mental health more like how we tailor physical training routines.

The tailor of the fairy tale with his "seven at a blow" is not in it with the gunnery Lieutenant of a battleship.

But she is greatly interested in certain shops that she is buying out, and especially in her visits to her tailor.

Is a Tailor, that can make a new Coat well, the worse Workman, because he can mend an old one?

Well, I am either a tailor or a cooper, and for the life of me I can't tell which: at any rate, I'm either one or the other.

Purt was gorgeous in a Canadian skating suitor so the tailor who sold it to him had called it.

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