friseur
Americannoun
plural
friseursnoun
Etymology
Origin of friseur
C18: literally: one who curls (hair); see frisette
Example Sentences
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At six o'clock in the morning I am already done with my friseur, and at seven I am fully dressed.
From Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words by Kerst, Friedrich
There is Dick Wildfire being attired, with the aid of the friseur and the tailor, and under the sneering inspection of Sam Sharp, his Yorkshire valet, according to the latest Parisian fashions.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various
Here the Royal speaker was herself interrupted by a cloud of powder which the unconscious friseur flung over the edifice then erecting.
From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)
On the same morning when ours frizzled the Resident Lady, he said to the dreamy Beata that the next day he was coming with the friseur to her.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
I patronized every complexion-specialist, friseur, perukier, manicurist and fashionable barber in that part of the world.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
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