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barber

1

[bahr-ber]

noun

  1. a person whose occupation it is to cut and dress the hair of customers, especially men, and to shave or trim the beard.

  2. frost smoke.



verb (used with object)

  1. to trim or dress the hair or beard of.

Barber

2

[bahr-ber]

noun

  1. Samuel, 1910–81, U.S. composer.

barber

1

/ ˈɑːə /

noun

  1. a person whose business is cutting men's hair and shaving or trimming beards

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to cut the hair of

  2. to shave or trim the beard of

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Barber

2

/ ˈɑːə /

noun

  1. Samuel . 1910–81, US composer: his works include an Adagio for Strings , adapted from the second movement of his string quartet No. 1 (1936) and the opera Vanessa (1958)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unbarbered adjective
  • well-barbered adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of barber1

1275–1325; Middle English barbour < Anglo-French; Old French barbeor, equivalent to barb ( e ) (< Latin barba beard) + -eor < Latin -ō- -ator
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of barber1

C13: from Old French barbeor , from barbe beard, from Latin barba
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Over at Tony’s Barber Shop on the next block over, one of the barbers dusted hair off her chair as her customer got up to leave.

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Her recent antics include napping on a seat at a first aid course in a hotel after wandering in through an open door, visiting a department store and the town's barbers and cinema.

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The painting made its debut at the Royal Academy in 1793, three days after Turner's 18th birthday, before being bought by Reverend Robert Nixon, a customer of his father's barber shop.

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The 30-year-old Vietnamese barber has never been to the United States.

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A year later, he said he was able to start cutting hair, but by 2022 he and other barbers at his shop began to have issues with homeless people in the area.

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