hairdresser
noun
hair·dress·er
ˈher-ˌdre-sər 
1
: a person whose occupation is the dressing or cutting of hair
2
British
: barber
Examples of hairdresser in a Sentence
she recommended her hairdresser to a friend who wanted to get a perm
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Silk Schmidt, a hairdresser from Neueibau in southeastern Saxony, had come to Herrnhut with her sister-in-law in mid-November to make three stars as Christmas gifts for her two sons and mother.
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Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
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—Ilana Frost, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
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Gerard Damiano was a smart guy, a hairdresser from the Bronx who directed Deep Throat and the follow-up, Devil in Miss Jones, which were killing it at the box office, high up on Variety’s Top 50 list of the highestgrossing films.
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Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
Hervé, a former Formula 3 driver, passed down his love of motorsport to his sons, while Pascale worked as a hairdresser, per Lorenzo’s April 2025 essay for The Monegasque.
—Ilana Frost, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Some of the other jaw-dropping homes on Mykonos include a biomorphic villa credited to the British designer Tom Dixon that hit the market this year $25 million and a massive estate that celebrity hairdresser Charles Worthington had on the market a few years ago at $53 million.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2025
Gerard Damiano was a smart guy, a hairdresser from the Bronx who directed Deep Throat and the follow-up, Devil in Miss Jones, which were killing it at the box office, high up on Variety’s Top 50 list of the highestgrossing films.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Hairdresser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hairdresser. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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hairdresser
noun
hair·dress·er
-ˌdres-ər
: a person who dresses or cuts hair
hairdressing
noun
-ˌdres-iŋ
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