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barbers

  • plural
    of barber.
    barber
    noun
    a person whose occupation it is to cut and dress the hair of customers, especially men, and to shave or trim the beard.
  • present tense form
    of barber (3rd person singular).
    barber
    noun
    a person whose occupation it is to cut and dress the hair of customers, especially men, and to shave or trim the beard.

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While many barbers began working from home or their backyards , Hector bought the bus and redesigned it into a mobile barbershop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Schools that educate ministers, barbers, massage therapists, and cosmetologists could be especially hard hit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Last year, three barbers in Kunar province were jailed for three to five months for breaching the ministry's rules, according to a UN report.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

“Carson is a working-class community of janitors, barbers, bus drivers and longshoremen,” said attorney Gary Praglin of the Santa Monica-based law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

I could not bring you, but I have no problem telling you what I saw—the entire diaspora around me—hustlers, lawyers, Kappas, busters, doctors, barbers, Deltas, drunkards, geeks, and nerds.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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