Definition of conductor for English Language Learners. : a person who stands in front of people while they sing or play musical instruments and directs their performance. : a person who collects money or tickets from passengers on a train or bus.
tailor1. 1  a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments. 2  to make by tailor's work. 3  to fashion or adapt to a particular taste, purpose, need, etc.: to tailor one's actions to those of another. 4  to fit or furnish with clothing.
Tailor Made. Harry Truman wasn't the only future president to make his living in the clothing business. Andrew Johnson, the man who succeeded Lincoln after his assassination, was a tailor until he, too, found that politics was more to his liking.