tailoress
UK/'teiləris/US/'teilәris/
C2
Definitions
n.
A woman who makes or alters clothes; a female tailor
女裁缝
Root Breakdown
Native Englishtailorroot
+
-esssuffix
=tailoress
tailor (one who cuts cloth) + -ess (female agent suffix) = a female tailor. Now dated — 'tailor' is normally used for any gender today.
Common Collocations
- 1.skilled tailoress技艺精湛的女裁缝
- 2.local tailoress本地女裁缝
Example Sentences
- 1.
Her grandmother was a skilled tailoress in the old town.
- 2.
The shop was run by a local tailoress for forty years.