hairdressern.
One whose business is to dress and cut the hair.
ΘΚΠ
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
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 198 I was not above six hours under the hands of the hair-dresser.
1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 161 He..went to a hair-dresser, to have his hair cut and brought into decent order.
1856 ‘B. Cornwall’ Barber's Shop (1883) xvii. 161 Valets and ladies' maids have usurped the office of the hairdresser.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1771