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bar·ber
I. \ˈbärbər, ˈbȧbə(r\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English barbour, barber, from Middle French barbeor, from barbe, from Latin barba beard + -eor -or — more at beard
1. : one whose business is cutting and dressing hair, shaving and trimming beards, and performing related services (as giving facials or scalp treatments or formerly performing dentistry and surgery)
2.
a. : a Tasmanian fish (Caesioperca rasor) of the family Serranidae
b. : an African catfish (Clarias capensis)
3. : frost smoke
II. verb
(barbered ; barbered ; barbering \-b(ə)riŋ\ ; barbers)
transitive verb
1. : to render the services of a barber to; especially : to cut, trim, dress, or groom the hair or beard of
< barbered him and bathed him and sent him to a tailor — T.W.Duncan >
2. : to cut or trim closely (as a lawn)
< green acres of barbered landscape — Time >
intransitive verb
: to perform usually professionally the actions or services of a barber
< he'd been barbering … for well over twenty years — G.S.Perry > |