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coiffeur

WordNet
  1. (n) coiffeur
    a man hairdresser
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Coiffeur
    A hairdresser.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) coiffeur
    A hair-dresser.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (ns) Coiffeur
    a hairdresser
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr. coiffe—Low L. cofia, a cap, perh. Old High Ger. chuppha, a cap, Ger. kopf.

Usage in literature

A second funeral pall was held by six coiffeurs of the corporation to which Jasmin had belonged. "Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist" by Samuel Smiles

POMPADOUR, Madame, coiffeur, Queen of France. "Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date" by Anonymous

The countess had already been in the hands of her Parisian coiffeur for some hours. "Frederick The Great and His Family" by L. Muhlbach

Her hair was dazzlingly yellow, and arranged with all the stiffness of the coiffeur's art. "The Avenger" by E. Phillips Oppenheim

It doesn't say whether the light-brown coiffeur was a page or the best man. "Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 30, 1919" by Various

She had probably never visited a professional coiffeur in her life. "The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories" by Arnold Bennett

The coiffeur is often to be blamed. "Our Stage and Its Critics" by "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"

And it's so much nicer not being forced to call in a coiffeur in every town! "The Ghost" by Arnold Bennett

It was his first essay as coiffeur, but his natural and trained deftness stood him in good stead. "The Admirable Tinker" by Edgar Jepson

Her hair was not red, but of a lustrous bronze, amazingly abundant, and dressed in waves with the careful skill of a coiffeur. "The Yukon Trail" by William MacLeod Raine