Barber
Barber (bar"bẽr) , noun
[Old English barbour, Old French barbeor, French barbier, as if from an assumed Latin barbator, from barba beard. See 1st Barb.]
One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.
Collocations (1)
Barber's itch , See under Itch.
Formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery, such as letting blood and pulling teeth. Hence such terms as barber surgeon (old form barber chirurgeon), barber surgery, etc.
Barber (bar"bẽrd) , transitive verb
To shave and dress the beard or hair of. — Shakespeare
Barber , noun
(Meteorology) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, esp. one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; -- so named from the cutting ice spicules. [Canada]