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coiffeur

American  
[kwa-fœr] / kwaˈfœr /

noun

French.
  • coiffeurs
    plural
  1. a man who is a hairdresser.


coiffeur British  
/ kwafœr, kwɑːˈfɜː /

noun

  1. a hairdresser

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At a barber shop called Peluqueria 5 Star Fades Estrellas on 26th, a coiffeur named Juan Garcia sat in a chair near the store entrance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

Alcaraz is also the sort of young person who assigns a critical pre tournament haircut not to a $300 Manhattan coiffeur, but to…his brother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2025

The 80-plus-year-old coiffeur, decked out in marine attire complete with sailor stripes and the “Bachi” bonnet worn by the French marines, ushers us inside and says, “I’ve been here for 57 years.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2017

“What do you write about?” the coiffeur asked.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 2, 2016

She had on all her old lace, and my coiffeur did her hair beautifully.

From The Smart Set Correspondence & Conversations by Clyde Fitch

In both portraits, the Baroque coiffeurs and draperies are stripped away.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2010

Berlin coiffeurs are attempting to launch the 'Hindenburg bob,' an exaggerated 'shingle,' imitative of my short bristling pompadour.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, in protest, 10,000 coiffeurs abstained from work for 24 hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

The coiffeurs feared diminishing tips, the owners feared vanishing profits.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mademoiselle, after due deliberation, perhaps in consideration of the new coiffeurs, graciously consented.

From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch

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