barber definition - Dictionary

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bar·ber [ brbər ]

noun (plural bar·bers)

Definition:

somebody who cuts hair: somebody whose profession it is to cut men's hair and shave their beards

verb (past and past participle bar·bered, present participle bar·ber·ing, 3rd person present singular bar·bers)

Definition:

1. transitive verb cut somebody's hair: to cut or shave somebody's hair, especially a man's

2. intransitive verb be barber: to work as a barber

[13th century. < Anglo-Norman barbour< French barbe (see barb¹)]

Cultural Note


	The Barber of Seville, an opera (1816) by Italian composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. A comedy based on a play (1775) by French dramatist Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, it tells of the attempts of Count Almaviva, disguised as a poor student called Lindoro, to woo Rosina, ward of Doctor Bartolo. Almaviva is assisted in his eventful courtship by the wily local barber, Figaro.