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
tailor (plural tailors)
A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
(Australia) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
• (fish): bluefish
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.
• Liator, Triola
Tailor (plural Tailors)
An occupational surname for a tailor.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tailor is the 28131st 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.
• Liator, Triola
Source: Wiktionary
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
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
