barber
a person whose occupation it is to cut and dress the hair of customers, especially men, and to shave or trim the beard.
to trim or dress the hair or beard of.
Origin of barber
1Other words from barber
- un·bar·bered, adjective
- well-barbered, adjective
Other definitions for Barber (2 of 2)
Samuel, 1910–81, U.S. composer.
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How to use barber in a sentence
The old school Malefactors of Great Wealth had severe and serious barbering.
Up To a Point: Robber Barons Make Way For Robber Nerds | P. J. O’Rourke | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt length the barbering performance was over, and poor Dicky thought that he had got through the whole passage of the equinox.
Barney Blake, The Boy Privateer | Herrick JohnstoneIt seems his majesty had hit up the lottery a short time previous for a few hundred and had given up barbering.
Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. LincolnSquaws were made to serve braves, and they were both commanded to take charge of his long, bushy, and decidedly tangled barbering.
Two Arrows | William O. StoddardAfter Mass a good many of them got their hair cut; one or two men can do barbering-work.
Young Alaskans in the Far North | Emerson Hough
At that time wigs were worn, and wig-making formed an important branch of the barbering business.
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British Dictionary definitions for barber (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbɑːbə) /
a person whose business is cutting men's hair and shaving or trimming beards
to cut the hair of
to shave or trim the beard of
Origin of barber
1British Dictionary definitions for Barber (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbɑːbə) /
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)
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