friseurn.
/frɪˈzəː/ A hairdresser; now rare.
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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
1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 12 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1613 Let your man learn of the best friseur to do your hair well.
1777 B. Franklin Let. 8 Feb. in Wks. (1888) VI. 69 I wish every lady and gentle-man in France would..dismiss their friseurs, and pay me half the money they paid to them.
1816 Sporting Mag. 47 306 By mercers, frizeurs, mantua-makers press'd.
1831 J. Jekyll Let. 15 Aug. in Corr. (1894) 279 The sister, a romp, married a sort of friseur, the son of old Viscount Fitzwilliam.
1856 R. W. Procter Barber's Shop (1883) vii. 35 He was surpassed by..a conscientious frizeur of an older school.
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