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friseur

American  
[free-zœr] / friˈzœr /

noun

French.

plural

friseurs
  1. a hairdresser.


friseur British  
/ frizœr /

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

Etymology

Origin of friseur

C18: literally: one who curls (hair); see frisette

Example Sentences

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The Widow Capet needs no milliner now; she needs no friseur now for her toilette.

From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

I had a gentleman to wait upon me, a French friseur to dress my hair of a morning.

From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony

It was the custom that, while Her Majesty's head was powdering and her powdering-gown had been placed upon the Royal person, she should be left sola with her friseur, when she usually read the newspapers.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

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 Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.

She conversed upon various public and general topics till the friseur was dismissed, and then I was honoured with an audience, quite alone, for a full hour and a half.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny