coiffeur 1. A man who is a hairdresser. 2. From a French word for 'hairdresser,' from coiffer 'to dress hair,' from Old French coife, originally, 'inner part of the helmet'. 3. A woman hairdresser would properly be a coiffeuse. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3449/