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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: barbeor, from barbe; BARB

barber

 noun
     
Related topics: Occupations, Hair and Beauty
bar‧ber [countable]
1BODCB a man whose job is to cut men's hair and sometimes to shave them
2

barber's

DCB British English a shop where men's hair is cut [= barbershop American English]
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