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The definition of a tailor is a person who sews, repairs or makes alterations on clothing.

(noun)

An example of tailor is a seamstress.

To tailor is defined as to make something to particular specifications or conditions.

(verb)

An example of to tailor is hemming a pair of pants.
An example of to tailor is writing a manual for an ESL person.

See tailor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: 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
to fashion (women's garments) with trim, simple lines like those of men's clothes

See tailor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One that makes, repairs, and alters garments such as suits, coats, and dresses.

verb tai·lored, tai·lor·ing, tai·lors

verb, transitive

To make (a garment), especially to specific requirements or measurements.
To fit or provide (a person) with clothes made to that person's measurements.
To make, alter, or adapt for a particular end or purpose: a speech that was tailored to an audience of business leaders.

verb, intransitive

To pursue the trade of a tailor.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman taillour

Origin: , from Old French tailleor

Origin: , from taillier, to cut

Origin: , from Late Latin tāliāre

Origin: , from Latin tālea, a cutting

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