Perruquier

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A maker of perukes or wigs.

    "“the sun, like a courtly perruquier of the reign of George II., was lifting, and shifting, and setting in order the vapoury curls of the mountains.”"

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wigmaker

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"“the sun, like a courtly perruquier of the reign of George II., was lifting, and shifting, and setting in order the vapoury curls of the mountains.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from French perruquier.

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