tailoress

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noun

a female tailor

OriginMiddle English tayleresses pl →
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Meanings

nountailoress (plural tailoresses)

plural tailoresses

  1. dateda female tailor

Origin

  1. Middle Englishtayleresses pl
  2. Englishtailoress

From Middle English tayleresses pl; equivalent to tailor + -ess.

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Translations

Bulgarian шива́чка
  • шива́чка (šiváčka)female tailor
Catalan sastressa
  • sastressafemale tailor
Dutch kleermaakster
  • kleermaaksterfemale tailor
Esperanto tajlorino
  • tajlorinofemale tailor
French tailleuse
  • tailleusefemale tailor
German Schneiderin
  • Schneiderinfemale tailor
Greek μοδίστρα
  • μοδίστρα (modístra)female tailor
Irish bantáilliúir
  • bantáilliúirfemale tailor
Latin sartrīx
  • sartrīxfemale tailor
Lithuanian siuvėja
  • siuvėjafemale tailor
Norwegian Bokmål skredderske
  • skredderskefemale tailor
Polish krawcowa, krawczyni
  • krawcowafemale tailor
  • krawczynifemale tailor
Romanian croitoreasă
  • croitoreasăfemale tailor
Russian портни́ха, швея́
  • портни́ха (portníxa)female tailor
  • швея́ (švejá)female tailor
Slovak krajčírka
  • krajčírkafemale tailor
Spanish modista
  • modistafemale tailor
Swedish skrädderska
  • skrädderskafemale tailor
Ukrainian кравчи́ня
  • кравчи́ня (kravčýnja)female tailor
Yiddish שנײַדערקע
  • שנײַדערקע (shnayderke)female tailor

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

tailoress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailoress

MLA

“tailoress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailoress. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tailoress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailoress.

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