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Look up: Barber

  1. Barber
    A barber is someone who shaves and cuts the hair of a client for business. In England, a barber was formerly also a surgeon, and they were called Barber-Surgeons. A London company of barbers was formed in 1308. The union of barbers and surgeons was dissolved in 1540 by an act of Henry VIII fwhich stated that; 'No person using any shaving or barbery in fLondon shall occupy any surgery, letting of blood, or other matter, except fonly drawing of teeth.'
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Barber
    Barber is a township in Faribault County Minnesota, USA.
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  3. Barber
    Barber is American tramp slang for 'to talk'
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  4. barber
    [n] - United States composer (1910-1981) 2. [n] - a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade 3. [v] - perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. barber
    a high slab-like splint,resembling a chair-back,left standing on a stump above the undercut as a result of the faulty felling,or heavy lean,of the tree Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • non-quantative flight instrument which attracts attention by giving bold linear indication of excursions in pitch of azimuth, generated by rotation of striped 'ba...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Barber
    Bar'ber (bär'bẽr) noun [ Middle English barbour , Old French barbeor , French barbier , as if from an assumed Latin barbator , from barba beard. See 1st Barb .] One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons. Barber's itch . See under Itch . » Formerly the barber pr ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/13

  7. Barber
    Bar'ber transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Barbered ; present participle & verbal noun Barbering .] To shave and dress the beard or hair of. Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/13

  8. Barber
    Bar'ber noun (Meteor.) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, esp. one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; -- so named from the cutting ice spicules. [ Canada]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/13

  9. barber
    One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons. Barber's itch. See Itch. ... Formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery, such as letting blood and pulling teeth. Hence such terms as barber surgeon (old form barber chirurgeon), barber surgery, etc. ... Origin: OE. Barbour, OF. Barbeor, F. ...
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  10. barber
    noun a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. barber
    verb perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of
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  12. Barber
    noun United States composer (1910-1981)
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  13. Barber
    A `barber` (from the Latin `barba`, `beard`) is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, give shaves, and trim beards. In previous times, barbers also performed surgery and dentistry. In more recent times, with the development of safety razors and the increasing rarity of beards, most barbers primarily cut hair. Therefore, although many may still deal with facial hair when requested, the predominant difference in American and Commonw...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber

  14. Barber
    • (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons. • (v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of. • (n.) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, esp. one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; -- so named from the cutting ice spicules.Barber: word...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. barber
    a person whose primary activities in the 20th century are trimming and styling the hair of men, shaving them, and shaping their beards, sideburns, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/20

  16. Barber
    Barber is a Lat In boy name. The meaning of the name is `beard ` The name Barber doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Barber seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Barb

  17. barber
    barber 1. Someone whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards. 2. Performing the services of a barber; such as, cutting hair and/or beard of individuals. 3. Originally, barbers were also regular practitioners of surgery and dentistry and were often called barber-surgeons; however, they were restricted to haircutting and dentistry under Hen...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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