barber
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Definition of barber
12 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.
“There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.”
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noun
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A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.
“There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.”
- A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- (Canada)A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.
verb
- (transitive)To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
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(intransitive)(US, slang) To chatter, talk.
“‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’”
name
- (countable, uncountable)A surname originating as an occupation for a barber.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename
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Etymology
PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
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