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barber
Also known as barbers
A barber is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave hair or beards. A barber's place of work is known as a barbershop or '''the barber's'''. Barbershops have been noted places of social interaction and public discourse since at least classical antiquity. In some instances, barbershops were also public forums. They were the locations of open debates, voicing public concerns, and engaging citizens in discussions about contemporary issues.
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A barber is someone whose job is to cut, style, groom, and shave hair and beards, working in a shop called a barbershop. Barbershops have been important gathering places for conversation and public discussion since ancient times, sometimes serving as forums where people debated issues and shared concerns about contemporary matters.
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- Occupation.name
- Barber, Hairdresser
- Occupation.image
- 250px
- Occupation.caption
- A barber shaping his customer's beard in Ahvaz, Iran, c. 2022
- Occupation.official_names
- Barber, hairdresser
- Occupation.type
- Vocation
- Occupation.employment_field
- Barbershops, hair salons, hairdressing salons
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- Adana, Aladağ, Akören 10.jpg
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- Commons category
- Barbers
- female form of label
- brijačica
- male form of label
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19 sectionsContents
- Names
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- 19th and 20th centuries
- Contemporary
- Barber schools
- Curriculum
- Cost
- Length
- Barber's pole
- Equipment
- Animals
- In popular culture
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
A barber is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave hair or beards. A barber's place of work is known as a barbershop or '''the barber's'''. Barbershops have been noted places of social interaction and public discourse since at least classical antiquity. In some instances, barbershops were also public forums. They were the locations of open debates, voicing public concerns, and engaging citizens in discussions about contemporary issues.
In previous times, barbers (known as barber surgeons) also performed surgery and dentistry. With the development of safety razors and the decreasing prevalence of beards in Anglophonic cultures, most barbers now specialize in cutting men's scalp hair as opposed to facial hair.