perruquier

English

Etymology

French

Noun

perruquier (plural perruquiers)

1. A maker of perukes or wigs.

   Synonym: wigmaker

   • 1895, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 3, in George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris, Dodd, Mead and Company, paragraph 3:

     “the sun, like a courtly perruquier of the reign of George II., was lifting, and shifting, and setting in order the vapoury curls of the mountains.”

References

• “perruquier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From perruque +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ʁy.kje/ ~ /pe.ʁy.kje/

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Noun

perruquier m (plural perruquiers, feminine perruquière)

1. wigmaker
2. (obsolete) hairdresser

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: перуке́р (perukér)

Further reading

• “perruquier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.