Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
   taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a
   cutting, layer for planting. Cf. {Detail}, {Entail},
   {Retail}, {Tally}, n.]
   1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
      garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
      garments.

            Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
            wert a man's tailor.                  --Shak.

   2. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The mattowacca; -- called also {tailor herring}.
      (b) The silversides.

   3. (Zo["o]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Salt-water tailor} (Zo["o]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
      --Bartlett.

   {Tailor bird} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to
      {Orthotomus}, {Prinia}, and allied genera. They are noted
      for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form
      nests. The common Indian species are {O. longicauda},
      which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts
      yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the
      golden-headed tailor bird ({O. coronatus}), which has the
      top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale
      olive-green.