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Recent Examples of coiffeur
If all that counts is inward essence, what the hell were those teams of makeup artists, coiffeurs, and cinematographers employed by the major studios, in the golden age, doing all day?
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024
Toussaint, who was literate, socially adroit and a talented fiddler, was apprenticed as a coiffeur and was permitted to keep some of his earnings; Schuyler and her sister-in-law, Eliza Hamilton — the wife of Alexander Hamilton — were among his earliest clients.
—Elizabeth Stone, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
The French may champion a makeup-free look, but their tousled tresses aren’t so effortless — French coiffeurs have mastered the art of achieving perfectly imperfect hair.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
The British coiffeur’s 35-year-plus career includes styling the locks of A-listers like Sarah Jessica Parker, Goldie Hawn, Sharon Stone, and Paris Hilton, among others.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
In one of the play’s delightful rhymes, the widow derides Arsinoë’s priggishness and terrible coiffeur (an updo with varnished-looking curls).
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
But, with ample time to kill, the girls have been interrupting her beauty sleep to play coiffeur.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2021
In France itinerant coiffeurs made up 8-10% of the market, says Pierre André, who runs Wecasa, an app which arranges home cuts.
—The Economist, 28 May 2020
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024
Toussaint, who was literate, socially adroit and a talented fiddler, was apprenticed as a coiffeur and was permitted to keep some of his earnings; Schuyler and her sister-in-law, Eliza Hamilton — the wife of Alexander Hamilton — were among his earliest clients.
—Elizabeth Stone, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
The French may champion a makeup-free look, but their tousled tresses aren’t so effortless — French coiffeurs have mastered the art of achieving perfectly imperfect hair.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
The British coiffeur’s 35-year-plus career includes styling the locks of A-listers like Sarah Jessica Parker, Goldie Hawn, Sharon Stone, and Paris Hilton, among others.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
In one of the play’s delightful rhymes, the widow derides Arsinoë’s priggishness and terrible coiffeur (an updo with varnished-looking curls).
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
But, with ample time to kill, the girls have been interrupting her beauty sleep to play coiffeur.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2021
In France itinerant coiffeurs made up 8-10% of the market, says Pierre André, who runs Wecasa, an app which arranges home cuts.
—The Economist, 28 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coiffeur
Noun
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She was inspired to pursue hairstyling as a profession after growing up in the Bay Area, witnessing her mother’s career as a beautician.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Never allow a hairstylist to mix alcohol with scissors, as the beautician tasked to trim the SVU star's locks at the time had done prior.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some of the occupations included in the ranking are barbers, cosmetologists, funeral directors, piping contractors, and real estate appraisers.—
Adam A. Millsap,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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From reducing the number of training hours required to earn a living as a licensed cosmetologist to streamlining housing regulations (estimated to shave $24,000 off the construction cost of a new house and enable construction professionals to work much faster), working people are coming out ahead.—
Patrick A. McLaughlin,
Boston Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That 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,
Washington Post,
4 June 2021
Noun
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The building, adjacent to Medical Center East's south tower, used to be a dorm for students and housed a barber shop in the front and a deli in the back.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
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The merchants range from tanning salons to a gym to multiple barbers.—
Roger Huang,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Tony Judt was the son of a hairdresser who grew up above the salon where both his parents worked.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Antoinette’s court was crowded with hairdressers, dressmakers and milliners, all working to create the lavish styles that defined the late 18th-century French fashion scene.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Coiffeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coiffeur. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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