English▸ noun
1 a person whose occupation is making fitted clothes such as suits, pants, and jackets to fit individual customers.
▸ verb [with object] (usually be tailored) (of a tailor) make (clothes) to fit individual customers:
he was wearing a sports coat that had obviously been tailored in New York.
▪ make or adapt for a particular purpose or person:
arrangements can be tailored to meet individual requirements.
– ORIGIN Middle English : from Anglo-Norman French taillour, literally ‘cutter’, based on late Latin taliare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the mid 17th century.