barber

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Barber
    n 1: United States composer (1910-1981) [syn: {Barber}, {Samuel
         Barber}]
    2: a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
    v 1: perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard
         of
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Barber \Bar"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbered}
   (b[aum]r"b[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbering}.]
   To shave and dress the beard or hair of. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Barber \Bar"ber\, n. (Meteor.)
   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]
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Barber \Bar"ber\ (b[aum]r"b[~e]r), n. [OE. barbour, OF. barbeor,
   F. barbier, as if fr. an assumed L. barbator, fr. 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.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Barber's itch}. See under {Itch}.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: 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.
      [1913 Webster]
from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Barber
Found only once, in Ezek. 5:1, where reference is made to the
Jewish custom of shaving the head as a sign of mourning. The
Nazarites were untouched by the razor from their birth (Num.
6:5). Comp. Judg. 16:19.
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Barber -- U.S. County in Kansas
   Population (2000):    5307
   Housing Units (2000): 2740
   Land area (2000):     1134.112529 sq. miles (2937.337841 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    2.098189 sq. miles (5.434284 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1136.210718 sq. miles (2942.772125 sq. km)
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             37.230652 N, 98.568613 W
   Headwords:
    Barber
    Barber, KS
    Barber County
    Barber County, KS
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "barber":
      beautician, beautifier, bob, clipper, coif, coiffeur, coiffeuse,
      coiffure, conk, cropper, hairdresser, manicurist, pompadour,
      process, shaver, shingle, trim, wave
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