barber

name

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a barber.
2. A placename
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noun

Etymology: PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.

1. A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

   “There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.”

2. A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
3. A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.

verb

Etymology: PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.

1. To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
2. (US, slang) To chatter, talk.

   “‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’”