barber

Noun · Verb
US[bahr-ber]/ˈbɑrbɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms: Samuel Barber

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)barbers

  1. United States composer (1910-1981)Synonyms: Samuel BarberInstance of composer
  2. a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a tradeType of hairdresser, hairstylist

Verb (1)barbers, barbered, barbering

  1. perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard ofMore general groom, neaten
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Bar′ber (bär′bẽr), noun

Origin: OE. barbour, OF. barbeor, F. barbier, as if fr. an assumed L. barbator, fr. barba beard. See 1st Barb.

One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.

Barber's itch. See under Itch.

☞ Formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery, such as letting blood and pulling teeth. Hence such terms as barber surgeon (old form barber chirurgeon), barber surgery, etc.

Bar′ber transitive verb [past tense & past participle Barbered (bär′bẽrd); present participle & verbal noun Barbering.]

To shave and dress the beard or hair of. William Shakespeare

Bar′ber noun

Meteor. A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, esp. one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; — so named from the cutting ice spicules. Canada

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement

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