barber
see also: Barber
Pronunciation Noun
Barber
Proper noun
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see also: Barber
Pronunciation Noun
barber (plural barbers)
- A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
- 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.
- French: coiffeur, coiffeuse, barbier
- German: Barbier, Bartschneider, Bartscherer
- Italian: barbiere, parrucchiere
- Portuguese: barbeiro
- Russian: парикма́хер
- Spanish: barbero
barber (barbers, present participle barbering; past and past participle barbered)
- To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
- (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 29:
- ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 29:
Barber
Proper noun
- Surname for a barber.
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