Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that makes, repairs, and alters garments such as suits, coats, and dresses.
- intransitive verb To make (a garment), especially to specific requirements or measurements.
- intransitive verb To fit or provide (a person) with clothes made to that person's measurements.
- intransitive verb To make, alter, or adapt for a particular end or purpose.
- intransitive verb To pursue the trade of a tailor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes the outer garments of men, and women's riding-habits and other garments of heavy stuff; especially, one who makes such garments to order, as distinguished from a clothier, who makes garments for sale ready made.
- noun In zoology: A tailor-bird.
- noun The mattowacca, fall herring, or tailor-herring, Pomolobus mediocris.
- noun A name in New South Wales of the fish Pomatomus saltatrix. It is called
skipjack in Melbourne, a name by which it is also known in America, where it is more commonly calledbluefish . - To make clothing, especially for men; follow the business of a tailor.
- To deal with tailors, as for clothing.
- To make clothes for; fit with or as with clothing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.
- noun The mattowacca; -- called also
tailor herring . - noun The silversides.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The goldfish.
- noun (Zoöl.), [Local, U. S.] the bluefish.
- noun (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
Orthotomus longicauda , which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (Orthotomus coronatus ), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green. - intransitive verb To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
makes ,repairs , oralters clothes professionally, especiallysuits and men'sclothing . - noun The
fish Pomatomus saltatrix. - verb transitive To
make ,repair , oralter clothes . - verb transitive To
make oradapt (something) for aspecific need . - verb transitive To
restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb adjust to a specific need or market
- noun a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
- verb style and tailor in a certain fashion
- verb create (clothes) with cloth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The term tailor is locally employed for a bungler, a botcher, or a clumsy fellow, and these meanings have been suggested in the passage quoted.
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I met the man born Bernard Schwartz, the son of a tailor from the Bronx who went on to be one of Hollywood's biggest stars ever, only once.
David Wild: "Bernie's Tune": A Playlist for the Late Great Tony Curtis David Wild 2010
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I met the man born Bernard Schwartz, the son of a tailor from the Bronx who went on to be one of Hollywood's biggest stars ever, only once.
David Wild: "Bernie's Tune": A Playlist for the Late Great Tony Curtis David Wild 2010
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I met the man born Bernard Schwartz, the son of a tailor from the Bronx who went on to be one of Hollywood's biggest stars ever, only once.
David Wild: "Bernie's Tune": A Playlist for the Late Great Tony Curtis David Wild 2010
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I met the man born Bernard Schwartz, the son of a tailor from the Bronx who went on to be one of Hollywood's biggest stars ever, only once.
David Wild: "Bernie's Tune": A Playlist for the Late Great Tony Curtis David Wild 2010
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I met the man born Bernard Schwartz, the son of a tailor from the Bronx who went on to be one of Hollywood's biggest stars ever, only once.
David Wild: "Bernie's Tune": A Playlist for the Late Great Tony Curtis David Wild 2010
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I met the man born Bernard Schwartz, the son of a tailor from the Bronx who went on to be one of Hollywood
David Wild: "Bernie's Tune": A Playlist for the Late Great Tony Curtis David Wild 2010
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I met the man born Bernard Schwartz, the son of a tailor from the Bronx who went on to be one of Hollywood's biggest stars ever, only once.
David Wild: "Bernie's Tune": A Playlist for the Late Great Tony Curtis David Wild 2010
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It actually turned out pretty nice but I believe that the tailor is making the exact same dress again with the extra material!
October 24th Anna 2008
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It actually turned out pretty nice but I believe that the tailor is making the exact same dress again with the extra material!
Archive 2008-10-01 Anna 2008
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