: one whose business is cutting and dressing hair, shaving and trimming beards, and performing related services
barbered; barbering
ˈbär-b(ə-)riŋ 
: to perform the services of a barber for : trim or groom the hair or beard of
: to perform the services of a barber
Examples of barber in a Sentence
Noun
He goes to a barber downtown.
went to the barber to get his hair cut and his beard trimmed
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Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The pie shop’s traumatized young apprentice, Tobias, then cuts the bereft barber’s throat.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
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Noun
The Dodgers can protect their interests while embracing the proprietors of a local barber shop and taco shop, neither of whom is trying to be a villain.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The pie shop’s traumatized young apprentice, Tobias, then cuts the bereft barber’s throat.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Barber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barber. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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