Thesaurus: tailor

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1. n. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.
2. n. The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
3. n. The silversides.
4. n. The goldfish.
5. v. i. To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
6. n. a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
7. v. adjust to a specific need or market
8. v. style and tailor in a certain fashion
9. v. create (clothes) with cloth
10. 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.] Salt-water tailor (Zoöl.), the bluefish. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett. -- Tailor bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O. longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (O. coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green. To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor. These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. M. Green.
11. The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] Salt-water tailor (Zoöl.), thebluefish. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.-- Tailor bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small Asiaticand East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, andallied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sewleaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O.longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail covertsyellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headedtailor bird (O. coronatus), which has the top of the head goldenyellow and the back and wings pale olive-green.
12. n:29/v:71 n. a person whose occupation is making and altering garments v. adjust to a specific need or market