coiffeurn.
/kwɑːˈfəː/, /kwɒˈfəː/, /kwaˈfəː/, U.S. /kwɑˈfər/ The French word for hair-dresser: affected by fashionable or artistic hair-dressers, and their patrons.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > barbers and hairdressers > [noun]
barberc1330
cutterc1425
clipperc1440
raster cloth1440
poller1578
trimmer1583
dressera1596
shavester1620
razor-chirurgeon1624
suds-monger1638
tonsor1656
hair-man1689
head-dresser1697
friseur1750
hairdresser1771
scraper1791
depilator1836
coiffeur1847
Figaro1864
strap1864
tonsorialist1869
trichotomist1875
nai1883
hair-stylist1935
stylist1937
styler1960
crimper1966
Sweeney1966
scissorsmith2002
1847 F. A. Kemble Let. 31 May in Rec. Later Life (1882) III. 190 Entreating me to suffer his coiffeur..to whitewash me after the approved French method.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xv. 148 Said he knew of a..coiffeur.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 98/1 Coiffure, a head-dress, coiffeur being a hair-dresser.
1884 Manch. Examiner 27 Oct. 5/3 Looking at the effects the coiffeur is able to produce..his power must be acknowledged.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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