different between tailor vs campervan

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

English

Alternative forms

• camper van

Etymology

camper +? van

Pronunciation

Noun

campervan (plural campervans)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation

Derived terms

• campervanner

Translations

Verb

campervan (third-person singular simple present campervans, present participle campervanning, simple past and past participle campervanned)

1. (intransitive) To holiday in a campervan.