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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtaillour, fromAnglo-Normantaillour, fromOld Frenchtailleor, fromtaillier, fromLate Latintāliō, fromLatintālea(“a cutting”).Doublet oftailleur.

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Noun

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tailor (pluraltailors)

  1. A person whomakes,repairs, oraltersclothes professionally, especiallysuits and men'sclothing.
    He works as atailor on Swanston Street.
  2. (Australia) Thebluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
    • 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council,Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)
      Thetailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line.

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Translations

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person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing as profession
female tailor
Pomatomus saltatrix—seebluefish
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Verb

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tailor (third-person singular simple presenttailors,present participletailoring,simple past and past participletailored)

  1. (ambitransitive) Tomake,repair, oralterclothes.
    We cantailor that jacket for you if you like.
  3. (transitive) Tomake oradapt (something) for aspecificneed.
    The website wastailored to the client's needs.
    • 2024 December 16, Amanda M. Y. Chu, Damen H. Y. Woo, Agnes Tiwari, Helina Yuk, Mike K. P. So, “Which types of family caregivers are more prone to developing depression? Leveraging non-financial social support to mitigate depression”, inCurrent Psychology,→DOI:
      [C]aregivers from diverse backgrounds may experience variations in the emergence of depressive symptoms, necessitating distinct strategies for supporttailored to their individual needs.
  4. (transitive) Torestrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.
    a narrowlytailored law

Translations

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make, repair, or alter clothing
adapt for a specific need
restrict something to particular need

See also

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References

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  • Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990,→ISBN.

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