tailor

Definition

A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English taillour, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin tāliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”). Doublet of tailleur.

Example Sentences

• "He works as a tailor on Swanston Street."
• "The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line."