tailor

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From Anglo-Norman tailour, from Old French tailleor, from tailler, from Late Latin taliare, from Latin talea ("a cutting").

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tailor (plural tailors)

  1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
  2. The fish Pomatomus saltatrix.

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tailor (third-person singular simple present tailors, present participle tailoring, simple past and past participle tailored)

  1. (transitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.
  2. (transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
  3. (transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need, e.g. a narrowly tailored law.

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[edit] References

  • Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6.
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