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Definition of: tailor
(tā′lər) noun
One who makes to order or repairs men's or women's outer garments.
—v.i.
1. To do a tailor's work.
—v.t.
2. To fit with garments: He is well tailored.
3. To work at or make by tailoring: to tailor a coat. ♦ Collateral adjective: sartorial. [<OF tailleor <taillier cut <LL taliare split, cut, prob. <L talea rod]
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