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barber

/ˈbɑː.bə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
  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.
  4. To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
  5. To chatter, talk.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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