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What is the difference between tailoress and tailor?

tailoress | tailor | Derived terms |

Tailor is a derived term of tailoress.



As nouns the difference between tailoress and tailor

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

As a verb tailor is

to make, repair, or alter clothes.

tailoress

English

Noun

(es)
  • (dated) a female tailor

    • 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.