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- Dictionarybarber/ˈbɑːbə/
noun
- 1. a person who cuts men's hair and shaves or trims beards as an occupation: "he had his hair cut at the local barber's"
verb
- 1. cut or trim (a man's hair): "his hair was neatly barbered"
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A barber is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave hair or beards. A barber's place of work is known as a barbershop or the barber's. Barbershops have been noted places of social interaction and public discourse since at least classical antiquity. In some instances, barbershops were also public forums.
a person whose job is cutting hair, esp. of men and boys. (Definition of barber from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of barber. barber. Less than 2.5 per cent of all inventories were for professional people (attorneys, apothecaries, barbers, schoolteachers, surgeons and clerks).
How to use barber in a sentence. one whose business is cutting and dressing hair, shaving and trimming beards, and performing related services… See the full definition
Barber definition: a person whose occupation it is to cut and dress the hair of customers, especially men, and to shave or trim the beard.. See examples of BARBER used in a sentence.
a person whose job is cutting hair, esp. of men and boys. (Definition of barber from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of barber. barber. Public restrooms, theaters, swimming pools, and barber shops were off limits. From Huffington Post. The chief barber told him to put on a life jacket.
Definition of barber noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of 'barber' Word Frequency. barber. (bɑːʳbəʳ ) Word forms: plural barbers. 1. countable noun. A barber is someone whose job is cutting men's hair. He went to get his hair trimmed by the barber. 2. singular noun. A barber's is a shop where a barber works. [British] My Mum took me to the barber's. regional note: in AM, use barber shop.
A barber is a person whose job is cutting hair in a barbershop. Your barber might have a tendency to cut your hair a little shorter than you like. When you visit a barbershop, you sit in a special chair while the barber cuts your hair with scissors or electric clippers.
1. a person whose occupation is to cut and dress the hair, esp. of male customers, and to shave or trim the beard. v.t. 2. to trim or dress the hair or beard of. v.i. 3. to work as a barber. [1275–1325; Middle English barbour < Anglo-French; Old French barbeor = barb (e) (< Latin barba beard) + -eor < Latin -ātōr -ator]
BARBER definition: someone whose job is to cut men's hair. Learn more.
