Tailor

n.	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.	(Zool.) The mattowacca; - called also tailor herring.
	3.	(Zool.) The goldfish. Salt-water tailor (Zool.) the bluefish. 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. - Bartlett.
v. i.	1.	To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor. [imp. & p. p. Tailored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tailoring.] These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. - M. Green.

Noun	1.	tailor - a person whose occupation is making and altering garments Synonyms: sartor, seamster
Verb	1.	tailor - make fit for a specific purpose Synonyms: shoehorn
	2.	tailor - style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" Synonyms: cut
	3.	tailor - create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" Synonyms: tailor-make, sew

To see a tailor in your dream, forewarns that there will be trouble and much arguments before a journey. To dream that a tailor is taking your measurements, signifies that you will get into an quarrelling match over a disagreement.accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, adjust to, alter, assimilate, attune, block out, busheler, bushelman, carve, cast, change, chisel, clothier, conform, convert, coordinate, costumier, create, cut, cut to, dovetail, dressmaker, efform, equalize, fashion, figure, fit, fitter, fix, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, furrier, garmentmaker, gear to, harmonize, hew, homologate, homologize, key to, knead, knock out, lay out, lick into shape, make plumb, make uniform, measure, mint, model, mold, mould, needle, needleman, needler, needlewoman, needleworker, outfitter, proportion, put in tune, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, regulate, right, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, sartor, sculpt, sculpture, seamster, seamstress, sempster, set, set right, sew, sew up, sewer, shape up, similarize, square, stamp, stitch, stretch, style, suit, sync, synchronize, tailleur, tailoress, thermoform, trim to, true, true up, tune, work

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