Tailor

/ˈteɪ.lər/ noun

A tailor is a person who makes, fixes, or adjusts clothing, especially suits, to fit someone properly. They work by measuring, cutting, and sewing fabric.

It comes from Old French 'tailleur' meaning 'cutter', from 'tailler' meaning 'to cut', from Latin 'taliare' meaning 'to cut'. The word originally focused on the cutting of cloth rather than sewing.

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