different between haberdashery vs tailor

English

Etymology

haberdasher +? -y (nominalizer).

Noun

haberdashery (countable and uncountable, plural haberdasheries)

1. Ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop.
2. A shop selling such goods.
3. A shop selling clothing and accessories for men, including hats.

Translations

See also

• hatmaking
• millinery

English

Alternative forms

• tailour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin tali?, from Latin t?lea (“a cutting”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?te?l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?te?l?/
• Homophone: tailer
• Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

Noun

tailor (plural tailors)

1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

2. (Australia) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
   • 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)

     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.

Synonyms

• (fish): bluefish

Derived terms

Related terms

• dressmaker
• seamster

Translations

Verb

tailor (third-person singular simple present tailors, present participle tailoring, simple past and past participle tailored)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.

2. (transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.

3. (transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

Translations

See also

• Taylor

References

• Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ?ISBN.

Anagrams

• Liator, Rialto, Triola