friseur
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of friseur
C18: literally: one who curls (hair); see frisette
Example Sentences
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Here he kept for himself a shop-boy, a man-cook, a friseur, a barber, and a reader of morning papers.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
"This holy saint was my friseur" said the king, laughing.
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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 Morley, Henry
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
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