HOW TO PRONOUNCE
tailor
/ˈteɪlɚ/
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What does tailor mean?
noun
- A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
- Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
verb
- To make, repair, or alter clothes.
More meanings (3)
verb
- (figuratively) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
- (figuratively) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation for a tailor.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈteɪlɚ/
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See this word in context.
He told him how he had learnt the truth from the lame tailor at the time when they were dividing the land.
There was once a tailor in Galway, and he started out on a journey to go to the king's court at Dublin.
More book examples (3)
One was the son of a small village innkeeper, another the son of a tailor, and the third the son of a flax-dealer.
A tailor would spoil his cloth if he had not the support of a table when cutting out the pieces for a coat.
He learnt most, however, from the garrulity of a decayed beauty named Khanum Jan, who in her springtide had married a handsome tailor.