From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Occupations, Hair & beautybarberbar‧ber /ˈbɑːbə $ ˈbɑːrbər/ noun [countable]1BODCBa man whose job is to cut men’s hair and sometimes to shave them2 →barber’sExamples from the Corpusbarber• Surely a barber didn't hold his client in this way, was he perhaps going too far?• He has a phonepal from New York, a barbernamed 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.Originbarber(1200-1300)Old Frenchbarbeor, from barbe; → BARB
