as in stylist
a person who cuts and arranges hair
went to the barber to get his hair cut and his beard trimmed
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Recent Examples of barber
There’s a sentient barber’s chair armed with scissors, and a giant, piano-playing taco.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
The office is windowless, a little dusty, and filled with knickknacks and junk stacked above head height: an old barber’s chair, paintings, posters, neighborhood detritus.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Santiago, an apprentice at a barber school, is due back in court on March 10.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Their barber school has trained a new generation of barbers to not only cut hair but how to become entrepreneurs like them.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
The office is windowless, a little dusty, and filled with knickknacks and junk stacked above head height: an old barber’s chair, paintings, posters, neighborhood detritus.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Santiago, an apprentice at a barber school, is due back in court on March 10.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Their barber school has trained a new generation of barbers to not only cut hair but how to become entrepreneurs like them.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for barber
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“Barber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barber. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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