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tailor definition

tai·lor (tā′lər)

noun

a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes, esp. suits and coats

Etymology: ME < OFr tailleor < taillier, to cut, decide, fix < VL taliare, to split, cut, orig. prob. to prune < L talea, a stick, twig, scion < IE base *tal-, to grow, sprout > ON thǫll, young fir

intransitive verb

to work as a tailor

transitive verb

    1. to make (clothes) by tailor's work
    2. to fit or provide (a person) with clothes made by a tailor
    1. to make by cutting and sewing to fit a particular thing
    2. to cut, form, or alter so as to meet certain conditions a novel tailored to popular taste
  3. to fashion (women's garments) with trim, simple lines like those of men's clothes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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