Friseur

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hairdresser. archaic

    "As for poor Owen, could the bob-wig which he then wore have uncurled itself, and stood on end with horror, I am convinced the morning's labour of the friseur would have been undone, merely by the excess of his astonishment at this enormity."

Example

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"As for poor Owen, could the bob-wig which he then wore have uncurled itself, and stood on end with horror, I am convinced the morning's labour of the friseur would have been undone, merely by the excess of his astonishment at this enormity."

Etymology

From French friseur, from friser (“to curl, frizz”).

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