English Explanatory Dictionary

tailor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
  2. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
verb
  1. To make, repair, or alter clothes.
  2. To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
  3. To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a tailor.

Pronunciation

/ˈteɪlɚ/ /ˈteɪlə/ en-us-tailor.ogg

Word forms

tailor tailors tailour taylor taylour tailoring tailored

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).

Synonyms

needleworker tailorer bluefish fit shape

Related words

detail tally Taylor

Derived words

merchant tailor tailorage tailorbird tailorcraft tailordom tailoress tailor-fashion tailorhood tailorism tailorize tailorless tailorlike tailorly tailor-made tailor make tailor-make tailorman tailor's chalk tailor's dummy tailor's goose tailor's ham tailorship tailor's muscle tailor-style tailorwise tinker tailor grass Tooley Street tailor retailor tailorability tailorable

Translations

Hungarian: szabónő Polish: krawcowa Polish: krawczyni Tok Pisin: meri bilong samapim klos
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