tailor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
    seamster; sartor.
  2. verb adjust to a specific need or market
    orient.
    • a magazine oriented towards young people
    • tailor your needs to your surroundings
  3. verb style and tailor in a certain fashion
    cut.
    • cut a dress
  4. verb create (clothes) with cloth
    sew; tailor-make.
    • Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?

WordNet

Tai"lor noun
Etymology
OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally, n.
Definitions
  1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.
    Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. Shak.
  2. (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides.
  3. (Zoöl.) The goldfish. Prov. Eng.
Tai"lor intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tailored ; present participle & verbal noun Tailoring
Definitions
  1. To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
    These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. M. Green.

Webster 1913