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barber
(bär′bər)
noun
a person whose work is cutting hair, shaving and trimming beards, etc.
Origin: 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,
Samuel 1910-81; U.S. composer
See barber in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
One whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards.
verb bar·bered, bar·ber·ing, bar·bers verb, transitive- To cut the hair of.
- To shave or trim the beard of.
To work as a barber.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French barbour
Origin: , from Medieval Latin barbātōr
Origin: , from Latin barba, beard; see bhardh-ā- in Indo-European roots
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American composer whose works include Adagio for Strings (1936) and the opera Vanessa (1958), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.
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