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barber

/ˈbɑːbə/BAHR-bur
/ˈbɑɹbɚ/BAHR-bur

Meaninga beard man

Common meaning: one who cuts hair and shaves beards

Journey through time

  1. Latinbarba, -ae‘a beard’
  2. Old Frenchbarbiersource
  3. Middle Englishbarboursource
  4. Englishbarber‘one who cuts hair and shaves beards’ · today

barb also in: barb

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin barba ‘a beard’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry barba, p. 221 · dictionary scan

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