barber
IPA: bˈɑrbɝ
noun
- A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
- A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- (Canada) 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.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a barber.
- A neighbourhood of Chico, Butte County, California, United States.
- A township in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States.
- Former name of Maurer, New Jersey.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A town in the north of Curaçao.
verb
- To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
- (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
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Examples of "barber" in Sentences
- The pertinacious barber was to be put down.
- The barber was placed in the disciplinary unit.
- Barber patented the process in the United States.
- He entered the ring under the name of Robert Barber.
- He is the voice of Jack the barber on King of the Hill.
- The switch for the stop light was located in the barber shop.
- Barber became the Superintendent of the Caldwell School district.
- Barber now sits on the Board of Directors of The Bridge Foundation.
- The next day, Wally and his friends go to the barber shop for haircuts.
- The barber transcribed the Salabati, a profession of the Islamic faith.
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