Barber
['bɑːbə] or ['bɑrbɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade.
(noun.) United States composer (1910-1981).
(verb.) perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of.
Inputed by Emilia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.
(v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of.
Editor: Myra
Definition
n. one who shaves beards and dresses hair.—ns. Barb′er-mong′er (Shak.) a man decked out by his barber a fop; Barb′er-sur′geon one who let blood and drew teeth as well as shaved—the company of Barber-surgeons was incorporated in 1461 but by an act in 1545 barbers were confined to the more humble function.—Barber's block a round block on which wigs are made; Barber's pole the barber's sign in England a pole striped spirally with alternate bands of colours generally red or black and white having often a brass basin hung at the end.
Typist: Meg
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a barber, denotes that success will come through struggling and close attention to business. For a young woman to dream of a barber, foretells that her fortune will increase, though meagerly.
Checked by Evita
Unserious Contents or Definition
A brilliant conversationalist, who occasionally shaves and cuts hair. Syn. for Phonograph.
Inputed by Joanna
Examples
- The barber came with the porter. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Such a Barber! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The barber soaped my face, and then took his razor and gave me a rake that well nigh threw me into convulsions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Is that barber crazy? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The barber grew confused, and brought blood every time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I went away from there with my handkerchief about my face, and never, never, never desired to dream of palatial Parisian barber-shops anymore. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then we hunted for a barber-shop. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Miscella neous History concerning the care of the body--as of Barbers, Perfumers, etc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Then there was an excitement among those two barbers! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- All you barbers are emotional. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They had all been newly barbered, and were exceedingly stylish. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The most of them that I have seen ought to stay with the damned, any how, without reference to how they were barbered. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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