Recent Examples on the WebThat question could best be answered by the barrio’s fierce matriarchs, Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz), who emigrated with her mother from Cuba in the 1940s, and Daniela (Daphne Rubin-Vega), the gregarious coiffeuse whose salon has been the epicenter for conversation and social activity for years.—Washington Post, 4 June 2021
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, from coiffer "to arrange (hair)" + -euse, feminine agent suffix — more at coiffure, chanteuse
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