barber

A barber cuts hair on the streets of Harbin, China.

Meanings

Noun

  • A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
  • A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
  • A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.

Verb

  • To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
  • To chatter, talk.

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Origin

  • From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe, from Latin barba.

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