English Explanatory Dictionary

barber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.
  2. A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
  3. 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
  1. To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
  2. (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a barber.
  2. A placename
  3. A number of places in the United States
  4. A neighbourhood of Chico, Butte County, California.
  5. A township in Faribault County, Minnesota.
  6. Former name of Maurer, a neighborhood of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
  7. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
  8. A town in the north of Curaçao.
  9. Ellipsis of Barber County

Pronunciation

/ˈbɑː.bə/ /ˈbɑɹ.bɚ/ en-us-barber.ogg

Word forms

barber barbers barbering barbered

Etymology

PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.

Synonyms

haircutter hairdresser hairstylist tonsor cutbeard

Related words

barb barbule

Derived words

Barber barber beats barber chair barber-chair barberess barberfish barberish barber itch barberly barbermonger barber paradox barberpole barber-pole barber pole barber pole effect barber pole illusion barber's block barber's clerk barbershop barber shop barber's itch barber's pole barber's rash barber's sign barber-surgeon barber surgeon conceited as a barber's cat jack-knife barber never ask the barber if you need a haircut poor as a barber's cat sleeping barber problem thin as a barber's cat unbarbered Barber County
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