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Recent Examples of coiffeur
If all that counts is inward essence, what the hell were those teams of makeup artists, coiffeurs, and cinematographers employed by the major studios, in the golden age, doing all day?
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024
Toussaint, who was literate, socially adroit and a talented fiddler, was apprenticed as a coiffeur and was permitted to keep some of his earnings; Schuyler and her sister-in-law, Eliza Hamilton — the wife of Alexander Hamilton — were among his earliest clients.
—Elizabeth Stone, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
The French may champion a makeup-free look, but their tousled tresses aren’t so effortless — French coiffeurs have mastered the art of achieving perfectly imperfect hair.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
The British coiffeur’s 35-year-plus career includes styling the locks of A-listers like Sarah Jessica Parker, Goldie Hawn, Sharon Stone, and Paris Hilton, among others.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
In one of the play’s delightful rhymes, the widow derides Arsinoë’s priggishness and terrible coiffeur (an updo with varnished-looking curls).
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
But, with ample time to kill, the girls have been interrupting her beauty sleep to play coiffeur.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2021
In France itinerant coiffeurs made up 8-10% of the market, says Pierre André, who runs Wecasa, an app which arranges home cuts.
—The Economist, 28 May 2020
Michel Euler/Associated Press PARIS — Franck Provost, a high-profile coiffeur with more than 500 hair salons across France, needed to do some hiring last fall in the central Loire region.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024
Toussaint, who was literate, socially adroit and a talented fiddler, was apprenticed as a coiffeur and was permitted to keep some of his earnings; Schuyler and her sister-in-law, Eliza Hamilton — the wife of Alexander Hamilton — were among his earliest clients.
—Elizabeth Stone, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
The French may champion a makeup-free look, but their tousled tresses aren’t so effortless — French coiffeurs have mastered the art of achieving perfectly imperfect hair.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
The British coiffeur’s 35-year-plus career includes styling the locks of A-listers like Sarah Jessica Parker, Goldie Hawn, Sharon Stone, and Paris Hilton, among others.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
In one of the play’s delightful rhymes, the widow derides Arsinoë’s priggishness and terrible coiffeur (an updo with varnished-looking curls).
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
But, with ample time to kill, the girls have been interrupting her beauty sleep to play coiffeur.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2021
In France itinerant coiffeurs made up 8-10% of the market, says Pierre André, who runs Wecasa, an app which arranges home cuts.
—The Economist, 28 May 2020
Michel Euler/Associated Press PARIS — Franck Provost, a high-profile coiffeur with more than 500 hair salons across France, needed to do some hiring last fall in the central Loire region.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coiffeur
Noun
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LaFleur has a beautician who comes in to care for residents in her memory care home.—
Theresa Tamkins,
SELF,
21 Feb. 2025
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Stacey is a gorgeous woman who needs a beautician who won’t have her looking ridiculous.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Should licensed manicurists be treated differently from licensed cosmetologists under California’s employment law?—
Hanna Kang,
Orange County Register,
11 Mar. 2025
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Christina Williams began her career as a licensed cosmetologist, initially believing her purpose was to help women look beautiful.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That’s why on-demand grooming services (think barbers, braiders, lash techs, and estheticians who travel) are booming.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
24 Mar. 2025
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The guy who claimed to be a barber began to whimper, folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.—
Philip Holsinger,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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He got engaged in 2005 to a New Orleans hairdresser, then again in 2008 to a publicist, Elycia Turnbow.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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One day, my aunt took me to the hairdresser and gave me a curly perm as a birthday present.—
Charlotte Mensah,
Essence,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Coiffeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coiffeur. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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