tailor

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Singular
tailor

Plural
tailors

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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Infinitive
to tailor

Third person singular
tailors

Simple past
tailored

Past participle
tailored

Present participle
tailoring

to 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 restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need, e.g. a narrowly tailored law.

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