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What is the difference between tailor and seamstress?

tailor | seamstress |

Seamstress is a synonym of tailor.



As nouns the difference between tailor and seamstress

is that tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing while seamstress is a woman who sews clothes professionally.

As a verb tailor

is to make, repair, or alter clothes.

tailor

English

(wikipedia tailor)

Alternative forms

* tailour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
  • (Australia) The fish .

    • Derived terms

    * tailorbird * tailoress * tailor-fashion * tailor-made * tailor's chalk * tailor's dummy

    Synonyms

    * (fish ) bluefish

    Related terms

    * dressmaker * seamster

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make, repair, or alter clothes.
  • To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
  • To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need
    • .

    References

    * Australian Fish and How to Catch Them , Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6.

    seamstress

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A woman who sews clothes professionally.

    • Related terms

    * seamster

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