barber

[ bahr-ber ]

/ ˈbɑr bər /

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noun

a person whose occupation it is to cut and dress the hair of customers, especially men, and to shave or trim the beard.

frost smoke.

verb (used with object)

to trim or dress the hair or beard of.

Nearby words

barbed-wire grass, barbel, barbell, barbellate, barbeque, barber, barber chair, barber college, barber of seville, the, barber pole, barber's itch

Origin of barber

1275–1325; Middle English barbour < Anglo-French; Old French barbeor, equivalent to barb(e) (< Latin barba beard) + -eor < Latin -ātōr- -ator

Related forms

un·bar·bered, adjectivewell-bar·bered, adjective

Definition for barber (2 of 2)

Barber

[ bahr-ber ]

/ ˈbɑr bər /

noun

Samuel,1910–81, U.S. composer.

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Examples from the Web for barber

Business owners swept up glass in front of their barber shop.
Raging Protesters Set Ferguson on Fire|Justin Glawe|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That is why Malloy is campaigning on a lonely stretch of barber shops and boxing gyms in New Haven a week before the election.
Dan Malloy Is Progressives’ Dream Governor. So Why Isn’t He Winning?|David Freedlander|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“If you say a bad word about someone here, it gets around fast,” said Jack West, the barber.
Nunn-Perdue: The Devil Went Down to Perry, Georgia|Patricia Murphy|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He looked, that dreadful afternoon, as if he had just come from his barber, tailor and haberdasher.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Admirable stuff, but also on his agenda could be just a fleeting visit to a barber.
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point|Tim Teeman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I pinned a clean towel round my neck, barber fashion, and pulling the pins out of my hair, shook it down over my shoulders.
The Motor Maid|Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
The witnesses on the side of the petition were a butcher woman, a barber's 'prentice, and two or three other inferior people.
Old and New London|Walter Thornbury
The barber knit his brows and glanced angrily at the young man.
The Barber of Paris|Charles Paul de Kock
The house where Barber was lodging stood high up on the side of a hill.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various
In 1525 he was junior of the three wardens of the Barber Surgeons Company.
The Story of London|Henry B. Wheatley

British Dictionary definitions for barber (1 of 2)

barber

/ (ˈbɑːbə) /

noun

a person whose business is cutting men's hair and shaving or trimming beards

verb (tr)

to cut the hair of

to shave or trim the beard of

Word Origin for barber

C13: from Old French barbeor, from barbe beard, from Latin barba

British Dictionary definitions for barber (2 of 2)

Barber

/ (ˈbɑːbə) /

noun

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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barber

noun

verb (used with object)

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Definition for barber (2 of 2)

Barber

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for barber (1 of 2)

barber

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for barber (2 of 2)

Barber

noun