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See also: Barber and barbēr

English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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barber (plural barbers)

  1. A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.
    Synonyms: haircutter, hairdresser, hairstylist, (obsolete) tonsor, (obsolete) cutbeard
    • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
      There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.
  2. A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
  3. (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.

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Descendants

  • Indonesian: barber
  • Polish: barber

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Verb

barber (third-person singular simple present barbers, present participle barbering, simple past and past participle barbered)

  1. (transitive) To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
  2. (intransitive) (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
    • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 29:
      ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Noun

barber m (plural barberi)

  1. barber (profession)

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Catalan

Etymology

From barba + -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

barber m (plural barbers, feminine barbera, feminine plural barberes)

  1. barber

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French

Etymology

From barbe + -er; compare with familiar sense of raser which was its original meaning in Old French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʁ.be/
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Verb

barber

  1. (informal) to bore someone
    • Le fait est qu'il ne perd aucune occasion de nous barber avec ses expériences dramatiques. (Claudel, Le Ravissement de Scapin, 1952)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English barber.

Pronunciation

Noun

barbêr (plural barber-barber)

  1. (colloquial) synonym of tukang cukur

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

barber

  1. imperative of barbere

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English barber. Doublet of balwierz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbar.bɛr/
  • Rhymes: -arbɛr
  • Syllabification: bar‧ber

Noun

barber m pers (female equivalent barberka)

  1. barber (person whose profession is cutting male customers' hair and beards)

Declension

adjective
  • barberingowy

Further reading

  • barber in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • barber in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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