I. ˈbärbər, ˈbȧbə(r noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English barbour, barber, from Middle French barbeor, from barbe, from Latin barba beard + -eor -or — more at beard
1. : one whose business is cutting and dressing hair, shaving and trimming beards, and performing related services (as giving facials or scalp treatments or formerly performing dentistry and surgery)
2.
a. : a Tasmanian fish ( Caesioperca rasor ) of the family Serranidae
b. : an African catfish ( Clarias capensis )
3. : frost smoke
II. verb
( barbered ; barbered ; barbering -b(ə)riŋ ; barbers )
transitive verb
1. : to render the services of a barber to ; especially : to cut, trim, dress, or groom the hair or beard of
barbered him and bathed him and sent him to a tailor — T.W.Duncan
2. : to cut or trim closely (as a lawn)
green acres of barbered landscape — Time
intransitive verb
: to perform usually professionally the actions or services of a barber
he'd been barbering … for well over twenty years — G.S.Perry