different between tailor vs sartorial

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

Etymology

From New Latin sartorius (“pertaining to a tailor”), from Late Latin sartor (“tailor”), from Latin sarcire (“to patch, mend”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s???t??.?i.?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s???t??.i.?l/

Adjective

sartorial (comparative more sartorial, superlative most sartorial)

1. (not comparable) Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.

   Synonym: vestiary

   • 2001, Jay Parini, By Their Clothes Ye Shall Know Them, The Chronicle of Higher Education (21 Dec 2001), B24:

     His sartorial rebellions were slight: he wore jeans, for example, when giving tutorials.

   • 2007, Carter Bays & Craig Thomas, How I Met Your Mother, CBS, Episode 2ALH14:

     Suits are full of joy. They are the sartorial equivalent of a baby’s smile.

3. Of or relating to the quality of dress.

4. (anatomy) Of or relating to the sartorius muscle.

Derived terms

• sartorialism
• sartorialist

Translations