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Barber
//ˈbɑɹ.bɚ// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a barber. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename; A number of places in the United States; A neighbourhood of Chico, Butte County, California. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename; A number of places in the United States; A township in Faribault County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 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 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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- 6 A placename; A town in the north of Curaçao. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename; Ellipsis of Barber County abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
- 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 a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade wordnet
- 3 A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- 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 To cut the hair or beard of (a person). transitive
- 2 perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of wordnet
- 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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