barber

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A barber cuts hair on the streets of Harbin, China.

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From Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from Latin barba.

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Singular
barber

Plural
barbers

barber (plural barbers)

  1. A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers’ hair and beards.

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Infinitive
to barber

Third person singular
barbers

Simple past
barbered

Past participle
barbered

Present participle
barbering

to barber (third-person singular simple present barbers, present participle barbering, simple past and past participle barbered)

  1. To cut the hair or beard of (a person).

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barber

  1. (slang) to talk