hairdresser

noun

ˈher-ˌdre-sər How to pronounce hairdresser (audio)
Definition of hairdressernext
as in stylist
a person who cuts and arranges hair she recommended her hairdresser to a friend who wanted to get a perm

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Recent Examples of hairdresser All of the brand’s products are codeveloped with hairdressers. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 Denis De Souza is a high-profile hairdresser in Los Angeles whose clients have included Alessandra Ambrosio, Lily Collins, and Nicole Richie. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 April is a hairdresser who never left home, and works at the beauty salon owned by their mercurial mother, Diane (Dianne Wiest). — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 The girl is García, wearing a haircut given by her father and her sister when the family couldn't afford to go to the hairdresser. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hairdresser
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairdresser
  1. stylist
  2. barber
Noun
  • With help from stylist Law Roach, Zendaya wore the same butter-yellow, brown and white Lanvin string bikini top and matching low-rise, wide-leg pants Berry wore to the film’s New York premiere.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Tracee Ellis Ross just proved that celebrities don’t need stylists to slay a red carpet.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of stylist
Noun
  • His father was a hairdresser who had a salon in Ealing, England, and his grandfather was a Fleet Street barber.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The museum celebrates Strother, a barber who was the first Black man to vote after the 15th Amendment was ratified.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of barber

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