TAILOR

tailor, seamster, sartor

(noun) a person whose occupation is making and altering garments

tailor, orient

(verb) adjust to a specific need or market; “a magazine oriented towards young people”; “tailor your needs to your surroundings”

sew, tailor, tailor-make

(verb) create (clothes) with cloth; “Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?”

cut, tailor

(verb) style and tailor in a certain fashion; “cut a dress”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tailor (plural tailors)

A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

(Australia) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

Synonyms

• (fish): bluefish

Verb

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

(ambitransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.

(transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.

(transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

Anagrams

• Liator, Triola

Proper noun

Tailor (plural Tailors)

An occupational surname for a tailor.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tailor is the 28131^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 851 individuals. Tailor is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (75.91%) and White (11.28%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Liator, Triola

Source: Wiktionary

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Tai"lor, n. Etym: [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally, n.]

1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. Shak.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] Salt-water tailor (Zoöl.), the bluefish. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

– Tailor bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O. longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (O. coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green.

Tai"lor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tailored; p. pr. & vb. n. Tailoring.]

Definition: To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor. These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. M. Green.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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