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coif⋅feur

  [kwa-fœr]
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–noun, plural -feurs  [-fœr] . French.
a man who is a hairdresser.
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coif·feur   (kwä-fûr')   
n.  A man who is a hairdresser.

[French, from coiffer, to coif, from Old French coife, coif; see coif.]
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coiffeur 
1847, from Fr. word for "hairdresser," from coiffer "to dress hair," from O.Fr. coife, originally, "inner part of the helmet" (see coif). A woman hairdresser would properly be a coiffeuse.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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