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tailor

15 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) tailor (noun)
  2. 2) tailor (verb)
  3. tailor-fashion (adverb or adjective)
  4. tailor-made (adjective)
  5. tailor-made (noun)
  6. tailor-make (verb)
  7. tailor warbler (noun)
  8. tailor's chair (noun)
  9. tailor's chalk (noun)
  10. tailor's cushion (noun)
  11. tailor's tack (noun)
  12. custom-tailor (verb)
  13. hand-tailor (verb)
  14. master-tailor (noun)
  15. merchant tailor (noun)

1tai·lor

noun \ˈtā-lər\

Definition of TAILOR

: a person whose occupation is making or altering outer garments
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Origin of TAILOR

Middle English taillour, from Anglo-French taillur, from tailler, taillier to cut, from Late Latin taliare, from Latin talea plant cutting, thin piece of wood
First Known Use: 13th century

Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith

Rhymes with TAILOR

alar, bailer, bailor, baler, hailer, jailer, mailer, Mailer, malar, nailer, railer, sailer, sailor, scalar, scaler, tailer, trailer, wailer, waler, whaler

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