tailor: Meaning and Definition of

tai•lor

1. a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, esp. suits, coats, and other outer garments.

1. to make by tailor's work.
2. to fashion or adapt to a particular taste, purpose, need, etc.: to tailor one's actions to those of another.
3. to fit or furnish with clothing.
4. to make (a uniform) to order; cut (a ready-made uniform) so as to cause to fit more snugly; taper.

1. to do the work of a tailor.

tai•lor

1. a stroke of a bell indicating someone's death; knell.