barber-surgeon

[ bahr-ber-sur-juhn ]

noun
  1. (formerly) a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.

Origin of barber-surgeon

1
First recorded in 1675–85

Words Nearby barber-surgeon

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How to use barber-surgeon in a sentence

  • Finding himself scarcely able to stand, he at length appealed to a barber-surgeon, who drew 16 oz.

    The Life of George Borrow | Herbert Jenkins
  • Is ninety-seven and three months, signor; a great age, truly, responded the barber-surgeon.

    Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf | George W. M. Reynolds
  • The son of a tailor, he obtained his first medical knowledge in the shop of a barber-surgeon.

  • Emboldened by success he entered a third, which it appeared belonged to the barber-surgeon of the village.

    Letters of George Borrow | George Borrow
  • Mr. Elmwood also brought out a barber surgeon to see young Kenton, a thing which his sister would not have dared to propose.

    Under the Storm | Charlotte M. Yonge