friseur
Americannoun
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friseurs
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of friseur
C18: literally: one who curls (hair); see frisette
Example Sentences
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He looked at the friseur with a painful feeling, hoping every moment that the tower of curls would be complete.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"This holy saint was my friseur" said the king, laughing.
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
Ah! my good cousin, my excellent Mrs. Betty, excuse me that my tyrant friseur prevents my rising to welcome you.
From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Or shall we constitute him friseur to Tisiphone, and make him curl up her locks with his satires and libels?
From Dialogues of the Dead by Henry Morley
The tailor and the friseur awaited him in vain in his dressing-room; he forgot their existence.
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Mrs. Chapman Coleman
Indeed, friseurs were the rule in France, and she was not unused to male attendants at the toilette, so that she was not shocked at being left to his care.
From A Modern Telemachus by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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