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barber Definition

bar·ber (bärbər)

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 (bärbər)

Barber, Samuel 1910-81; U.S. composer

barber Synonyms

barber

n.

hairdresser, haircutter, shaver, coiffeur, coiffeuse, cosmetologist, beautician, beauty parlor operator, hair stylist, tonsorial artist*.

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.