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barber

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noun/ˈbɑːbə//ˈbɑɹ.bɚ//ˈbɐːbə/
  1. 1

    A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

    • There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.
  2. 2

    A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.

  3. 3

    A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.Canada

verb/ˈbɑːbə//ˈbɑɹ.bɚ//ˈbɐːbə/
  1. 1

    To cut the hair or beard of (a person).transitive

  2. 2

    (US, slang) To chatter, talk.intransitive

    • ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’

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