barber Definition
bar·ber (bär′bər)
noun
a person whose work is cutting hair, shaving and trimming beards, etc.
Etymology: ME & OFr barbour; ult. < ML barbator < L barba, beard
transitive verb
to cut the hair of, shave, etc.
intransitive verb
to work as a barber
Barber Definition
Bar·ber (bär′bər)
Barber, Samuel 1910-81; U.S. composer
barber Synonyms
barber
n.
barber Usage Examples
Converse of object
- ask: Never ask a barber if he thinks you need a haircut.
- have: His father had a barber 's shop in Covent Garden, his mother came from a line of London butchers.
- visit: The climate mandarins who once told Meyer to visit the barber are now seeking his advice.
- make: Maybe one or two more bodies would have made the barber look more of a killer.
- become: After they gave up, the shop became a barber and hairdresser's.
Adjective modifier
- local: He told his wife that he intended to let the local barber shave him each day.
- old: Old barber on a street outside state housing block.
- good: Lots of good restaurants in Sineu and amazingly a good barber if needed!
- white: A very interesting example is the way Isaac, the only white barber, is treated in the sequel.
- traditional: Cut throat razors are the closest way to shave, and are still used by many traditional barbers.
Modifies a noun
- surgeon: There is even a barber surgeon to give you a shave - or let your blood.
- shop: By the age of 21, he owned his own barber shop.
- paradise: A caption on the page reads: ' Turkana or the barbers paradise ' .
- chair: This was further developed to incorporate a barbers chair with built in vacuum powered hair removal.
Noun used with modifier
demon: Chill to the foul deeds of demon barber Sweeney Todd.
Possessives
- pole: There used to be a barber's pole by the side of the door.
- shop: Return me to the barber's shop near the Temple of Flora.
- chair: The Duke of Ephesus's throne is a barber's chair.
- razor: Overpowered powerful and violent man who seriously injured both officers with a barber's razor.
Preposition: by
trade: His Father, a barber by trade, was killed fighting with the German army on the Russian Front during World War Two.
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