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bar·ber I. \ˈbärbər, ˈbȧbə(r\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English barbour, barber, from Middle French barbeor, from barbe, from Latin barba beard + -eor -or — more at beard 1. : one whose business is cutting and dressing hair, shaving and trimming beards, and performing related services (as giving facials or scalp treatments or formerly performing dentistry and surgery) 2. a. : a Tasmanian fish (Caesioperca rasor) of the family Serranidae b. : an African catfish (Clarias capensis) 3. : frost smoke II. verb (barbered ; barbered ; barbering \-b(ə)riŋ\ ; barbers) transitive verb 1. : to render the services of a barber to; especially : to cut, trim, dress, or groom the hair or beard of < barbered him and bathed him and sent him to a tailor — T.W.Duncan > 2. : to cut or trim closely (as a lawn) < green acres of barbered landscape — Time > intransitive verb : to perform usually professionally the actions or services of a barber < he'd been barbering … for well over twenty years — G.S.Perry > |