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barber

The correct spelling is barber.

How to pronounce barber

/ˈbɑː.bə/
noun

IPA: /ˈbɑː.bə/

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The correct spelling is barber. A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
  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.

verb

  1. 1.To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
  2. 2.To chatter, talk.

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