barber

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈbɑː.bə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈbɑɹ.bɚ/

Noun

barber (plural barbers)

1. A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
2. A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
3. (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.

Synonyms

• haircutter
• hairdresser
• hairstylist

Translations

• French: coiffeur, coiffeuse, barbier
• German: Barbier, Bartschneider, Bartscherer
• Italian: barbiere, parrucchiere
• Portuguese: barbeiro
• Russian: парикма́хер
• Spanish: barbero

Verb

barber (barbers, present participle barbering; past and past participle barbered)

1. To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
2. (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.’

Translations

• German: frisieren, Haare schneiden
• Portuguese: barbear, cortar cabelo

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Barber

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Proper noun

1. Surname for a barber.

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