tailor
see also: Tailor
Pronunciation Noun
Tailor
Proper noun
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see also: Tailor
Pronunciation Noun
tailor (plural tailors)
- A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
- He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.
- (Australia) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
- 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)
- The tailor — 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.
- 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)
- (fish) bluefish
- French: tailleur, tailleuse
- German: Schneider, Schneiderin
- Italian: sarto, sarta
- Portuguese: alfaiate, alfaiata
- Russian: портно́й
- Spanish: sastre, modisto, modista
tailor (tailors, present participle tailoring; past and past participle tailored)
- (ambitransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.
- We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.
- (transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
- The website was tailored to the client's needs.
- (transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.
- a narrowly tailored law
- German: schneidern
- Portuguese: alfaiatar
- Russian: шить
- Spanish: confeccionar
- Italian: calibrare
- French: adapter
- German: zuschneiden, anpassen
- Portuguese: adaptar, ajustar
- Russian: приспоса́бливать
- Spanish: adaptar, entallar
Tailor
Proper noun
- Surname for a tailor.
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