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tai⋅lored
[tey-lerd] 
lərd
–adjective
| 1. | (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def. 2). |
| 2. | having simple, straight lines and a neat appearance: tailored slipcovers. |
tai⋅lor
1 [tey-ler] –noun
| 1. | a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, esp. suits, coats, and other outer garments. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to make by tailor's work. |
| 3. | to fashion or adapt to a particular taste, purpose, need, etc.: to tailor one's actions to those of another. |
| 4. | to fit or furnish with clothing. |
| 5. | 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)
| 6. | to do the work of a tailor. |
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| tai·lor (tā'lər) n. One that makes, repairs, and alters garments such as suits, coats, and dresses. v. tai·lored, tai·lor·ing, tai·lors v. tr.
To pursue the trade of a tailor. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, to cut, from Late Latin tāliāre, from Latin tālea, a cutting.] |
| tai·lored (tā'lərd) adj.
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