Barber

//ˈbɑɹ.bɚ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation for a barber. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; A number of places in the United States; A neighbourhood of Chico, Butte County, California. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename; A number of places in the United States; A township in Faribault County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; A number of places in the United States; Former name of Maurer, a neighborhood of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; A number of places in the United States; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename; A town in the north of Curaçao. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; Ellipsis of Barber County abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

    "There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith."

  2. 2
    a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade wordnet
  3. 3
    A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
  4. 4
    A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules. Canada
Verb
  1. 1
    To cut the hair or beard of (a person). transitive
  2. 2
    perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of wordnet
  3. 3
    (US, slang) To chatter, talk. intransitive

    "‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’"

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.

Etymology 2

PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.

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