tailor

tailor

See also: Tailor

English

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Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Homophone: tailer
  • Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

tailor (plural tailors)

  1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
    Synonyms: needleworker, (rare) tailorer
    Hyponyms: dressmaker, seamer, seamster, seamstress, tailoress
    He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.
  2. (Australia) Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
    Synonym: bluefish
    • 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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Esperanto: tajloro
  • → Hausa: tēlà
  • → Telugu: టైలరు (ṭailaru), టైలర్ (ṭailar)
  • →⇒ Welsh: teiliwr (suffix replaced with -wr)
  • → Yoruba: télọ̀

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Verb

tailor (third-person singular simple present tailors, present participle tailoring, simple past and past participle tailored)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.
    Synonym: fit
    We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.
  3. (figurative, transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
    Synonyms: fit, shape
    The website was tailored to the client's needs.
    • 2024 December 16, Amanda M. Y. Chu, Damen H. Y. Woo, Agnes Tiwari, Helina Yuk, Mike K. P. So, “Which types of family caregivers are more prone to developing depression? Leveraging non-financial social support to mitigate depression”, in Current Psychology, →DOI:
      [C]aregivers from diverse backgrounds may experience variations in the emergence of depressive symptoms, necessitating distinct strategies for support tailored to their individual needs.
  4. (figurative, transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.
    Synonym: shape
    a narrowly tailored law

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References

  • Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, →ISBN.

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