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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Naima Cochrane, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025
His father stressed the value of a quality barber and instructed him to stay with that barber once found.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
There were grocery stores, dry cleaners, service stations and confectionaries, a pharmacy and a doctor, a hotel and a movie theater, a barber shop, a malt shop and a shoe repair shop.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
The bunker also houses, behind 23-ton blast doors, a power plant, water supply, food stores, a health clinic, a barber shop, and a chapel.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
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Naima Cochrane, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025
His father stressed the value of a quality barber and instructed him to stay with that barber once found.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
There were grocery stores, dry cleaners, service stations and confectionaries, a pharmacy and a doctor, a hotel and a movie theater, a barber shop, a malt shop and a shoe repair shop.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
The bunker also houses, behind 23-ton blast doors, a power plant, water supply, food stores, a health clinic, a barber shop, and a chapel.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Barber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barber. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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