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tailoress

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a female tailor

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: краўчы́ха (krawčýxa) — female tailor
  • Bulgarian: шива́чка (šiváčka) — female tailor
  • Catalan: sastressa — female tailor
  • Dutch: kleermaakster — female tailor
  • Esperanto: tajlorino — female tailor
  • French: tailleuse — female tailor
  • German: Schneiderin — female tailor
  • Greek: μοδίστρα (modístra) — female tailor
  • Irish: bantáilliúir — female tailor
  • Latin: sartrīx — female tailor
  • Lithuanian: siuvėja — female tailor
  • Macedonian: кро́јачка (krójačka) — female tailor
  • Maltese: ħajjata — female tailor
  • Norman: couôtuthiéthe — female tailor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skredderske — female tailor
  • Polish: krawcowa — female tailor
  • Polish: krawczyni — female tailor
  • Romanian: croitoreasă — female tailor
  • Russian: портни́ха (portníxa) — female tailor
  • Russian: швея́ (švejá) — female tailor
  • Serbo-Croatian: кроја̀чица — female tailor
  • Serbo-Croatian: krojàčica — female tailor
  • Silesian: szwoczka — female tailor
  • Slovak: krajčírka — female tailor
  • Slovene: krojáčica — female tailor
  • Spanish: modista — female tailor
  • Swedish: skrädderska — female tailor
  • Ukrainian: кравчи́ня (kravčýnja) — female tailor
  • Yiddish: שנײַדערקע (shnayderke) — female tailor