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tailour

tailour is the obsolete form of tailor.

Meaning of tailor

Noun

tailor (plural tailors)

  1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
    • He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.
    Synonyms:
    needleworker, tailorer
  2. (Australia) Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
    • The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line.1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)
    Synonyms:
    bluefish

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Forms of tailour

pluraltailours

Questions about tailour

What is tailour the obsolete form of?
Tailour is the obsolete form of tailor.

Words near tailour in the dictionary

  1. tailors' hams
  2. tailorship
  3. tailorships
  4. tailorwise
  5. tailory
  6. tailour
  7. tailours
  8. tailout
  9. tailouts
  10. tailpiece
  11. tailpieces

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