tailer

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

tailer

Where it comes from

From tail + -er.

noun tailers

One who follows or tails surreptitiously, as an investigator. I had to concentrate on staying out of sight, yet close enough not to be stranded on the wrong side of a stoplight. I was working so hard at it that I didn't notice that the tailer had become the tailee.
A worker on a yacht, responsible for furling and setting the sails. The next step was the invention of the self-tailing device, whereby the need for a tailer, holding the sheet or halyard while another person operated the winch, was eliminated.
A large noose with a long handle intended to secure a fish's tail.
A fish bottom-feeding in shallow water with its tail out of the water.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"tailer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tailer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tailer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tailer

Chicago

"tailer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tailer.

BibTeX

@misc{tailer_2026,
  title = {tailer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tailer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}