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词汇 merchant tailor
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Definition of merchant tailor in English:

merchant tailor

(also Merchant Taylor)
noun ˌməːtʃ(ə)n(t) ˈteɪlə
  • 1A tailor whose business includes buying cloth as well as manufacturing garments. Hence (usually in form Merchant Taylor): a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.

  • 2British. In form Merchant Taylor. A person educated at a Merchant Taylors' school, specifically the one (still in existence) founded in London in 1561. Also (occasionally) "Merchant Taylor man". Now usually "Old Merchant Taylor".

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Cromwell (d. 1540), royal minister. From merchant + tailor.

Definition of merchant tailor in US English:

merchant tailor

(also Merchant Taylor)
nounˌməːtʃ(ə)n(t) ˈteɪlə
  • 1A tailor whose business includes buying cloth as well as manufacturing garments. Hence (usually in form Merchant Taylor): a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.

  • 2British. In form Merchant Taylor. A person educated at a Merchant Taylors' school, specifically the one (still in existence) founded in London in 1561. Also (occasionally) "Merchant Taylor man". Now usually "Old Merchant Taylor".

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Cromwell (d. 1540), royal minister. From merchant + tailor.

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