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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A male hairdresser.
2. 2
   a man hairdresser wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To cut or style hair

Synonyms

All synonyms

barber

Etymology

Borrowed from French coiffeur, from coiffer, from Old French coife, from Late Latin cofia (“cap”).

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