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tailor

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪlɚ/

The English word “tailor” has 5 meanings listed here.

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.

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).

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