barber
Plural: barbers
Noun
- United States composer (1910-1981)
- a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
- A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.
- A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- 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
Verb Forms: barbered, barbering, barbers
- To cut or dress the hair of someone.
- perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of
- To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
- (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
Examples
- He had to barber his planned word to fit the available letters.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*bʰardʰéh₂
From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Synonyms
Samuel Barber, cutbeard, haircutter, hairdresser, hairstylist, tonsor
Scrabble Score: 10
barber: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbarber: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
barber: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary