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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
tailor
    n 1: a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
         [syn: tailor, seamster, sartor]
    v 1: adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented
         towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your
         surroundings" [syn: tailor, orient]
    2: style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" [syn:
       cut, tailor]
    3: create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a
       suit by next week?" [syn: sew, tailor, tailor-make]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
   Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the
   body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia
   notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand
   smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
   [1913 Webster]

   Brook silversides (Zool.), a small fresh-water North
      American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the
      marine silversides.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tailor \Tai"lor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tailored; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Tailoring.]
   To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a
   tailor.
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         These tailoring artists for our lays
         Invent cramped rules.                    --M. Green.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [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.]
   1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
      garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
      garments.
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            Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
            wert a man's tailor.                  --Shak.
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   2. (Zool.)
      (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
      (b) The silversides.
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   3. (Zool.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Salt-water tailor (Zool.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
      --Bartlett.

   Tailor bird (Zool.), 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 Orthotomus
      longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail
      coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and
      the golden-headed tailor bird (Orthotomus coronatus),
      which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back
      and wings pale olive-green.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for tailor:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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