Word Meanings - HAIRDRESSER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.

BARBER FISH
See FISH
BARBERMONGER
A fop.
BARBER
One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons. Barber's itch. See under Itch. Note: Formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery, such as letting blood and pulling teeth. Hence such
BARBERRY
A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes