: 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
Recent Examples on the Web
Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2024
Supporters Dorsey has been called a model inmate, one who lives in the honor dorm and works as the prison’s barber.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Dorsey’s petition points to his work as a staff barber as just one illustration of this rehabilitation.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
The 11 barbers below offer that entire range of content, and more.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
The collision resulted in the death of 30-year-old Amari D. Smith of Milwaukee who was attending cosmetology school and hoped to be a barber, his father, Anthony Smith told the Journal Sentinel earlier this week.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
The school has trained 1,500 licensed barbers, many of whom have gone on to open their own shops.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Low Prices and High Hopes: An ecosystem of barbers, vendors and chefs has sprung up on Randall’s Island, as migrants at one of the city’s largest migrant shelters try to take their fate into their own hands.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Locke plays Tobias Ragg, the young apprentice to a phony barber, who is eventually taken in by the owner of a local pie shop, Mrs. Lovett, and involved in a grisly plot.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
From the porch of his childhood home in Cherry Hill to barber shops across Baltimore, Troy Staton, 52, has cut hair for nearly four decades.
—Tatyana Turner, baltimoresun.com, 14 Dec. 2020
The new campus will have a 28-chair clinic classroom, 12-chair barbering clinic classroom and five large classroom spaces for more training.
—Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2020
Roger Federer, while not infallible, can play when there is barbered grass underfoot.
—The Si Staff, SI.com, 29 June 2018
Ethos, Jacobs’ barbering biz featuring a traveling grooming station, was born.
—Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 21 June 2018
Missouri law requires a training course of 1,000 hours for barbering and 1,500 hours for hairdressing, followed by a licensing exam.
—Tony Rizzo, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
The center offers auto and collision training in several garage bays, a welding shop, a dental lab, a cosmetology and barbering center, graphic arts and a culinary arts program.
—Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2017
But barbering was hard on daddy’s feet, and mother was homesick.
—WSJ, 19 Dec. 2017
Noun
Members like Harris traveled to places like Milwaukee in order to to walk through Black neighborhoods and conduct interviews with barbers, housewives and community activists — people who lived there during the disturbances and didn't just watch them from a safe distance on TV.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2024
Supporters Dorsey has been called a model inmate, one who lives in the honor dorm and works as the prison’s barber.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Dorsey’s petition points to his work as a staff barber as just one illustration of this rehabilitation.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
The 11 barbers below offer that entire range of content, and more.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
The collision resulted in the death of 30-year-old Amari D. Smith of Milwaukee who was attending cosmetology school and hoped to be a barber, his father, Anthony Smith told the Journal Sentinel earlier this week.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
The school has trained 1,500 licensed barbers, many of whom have gone on to open their own shops.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Low Prices and High Hopes: An ecosystem of barbers, vendors and chefs has sprung up on Randall’s Island, as migrants at one of the city’s largest migrant shelters try to take their fate into their own hands.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Locke plays Tobias Ragg, the young apprentice to a phony barber, who is eventually taken in by the owner of a local pie shop, Mrs. Lovett, and involved in a grisly plot.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
Verb
Summer in the City, a revamp of the city’s Safe Summer program addressing juvenile crime, will now allow younger youth into its doors for a 5-day program, complete with classes ranging from cooking to barbering.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
From the porch of his childhood home in Cherry Hill to barber shops across Baltimore, Troy Staton, 52, has cut hair for nearly four decades.
—Tatyana Turner, baltimoresun.com, 14 Dec. 2020
The new campus will have a 28-chair clinic classroom, 12-chair barbering clinic classroom and five large classroom spaces for more training.
—Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2020
Roger Federer, while not infallible, can play when there is barbered grass underfoot.
—The Si Staff, SI.com, 29 June 2018
Ethos, Jacobs’ barbering biz featuring a traveling grooming station, was born.
—Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 21 June 2018
Missouri law requires a training course of 1,000 hours for barbering and 1,500 hours for hairdressing, followed by a licensing exam.
—Tony Rizzo, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
The center offers auto and collision training in several garage bays, a welding shop, a dental lab, a cosmetology and barbering center, graphic arts and a culinary arts program.
—Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2017
But barbering was hard on daddy’s feet, and mother was homesick.
—WSJ, 19 Dec. 2017
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