From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbarberbar‧ber /ˈbɑːbə $ ˈbɑːrbər/ noun [countable] 1 BODCBa man whose job is to cut men’s hair and sometimes to shave them2 → barber’s
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barber• Surely a barber didn't hold his client in this way, was he perhaps going too far?• He has a phone pal from New York, a barber named Mario.• My barber Albert wouldn't have known where to stop cutting.• Also patrons of barbers, doctors, druggists, pharmacists, and physicians.• The young fellow looked pinto the mirror, trying to find something to complain to the barber about.• He told the barber he wanted to be perfumed and powdered.Origin barber (1200-1300) Old French barbeor, from barbe; → BARB 