barber
(noun) a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
Barber, Samuel Barber
(noun) United States composer (1910-1981)
barber
(verb) perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
barber (plural barbers)
A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
(Canada) 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.
• haircutter
• hairdresser
• hairstylist
barber (third-person singular simple present barbers, present participle barbering, simple past and past participle barbered)
To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
(US, slang) To chatter, talk.
• Barbre
Barber
An occupational surname for a barber.
• Barbre
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"ber, n. Etym: [OE. barbour, OF. barbeor, F. barbier, as if fr. an assumed L. barbator, fr. barba beard. See 1st Barb.]
Definition: One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons. Barber's itch. See under Itch.
Note: Formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery, such as letting blood and pulling teeth. Hence such terms as barber surgeon ( old form barber chirurgeon), barber surgery, etc.
Bar"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbered (p. pr. & vb. n. Barbering.]
Definition: To shave and dress the beard or hair of. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
