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What is the noun for barber?

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barber
  1. A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
  2. A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
  3. (Canada) 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.
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    1. “Living in the shadow of Newgate Prison, Sweeney Todd tries to carve out a quiet and simple life as a barber.”
barbershop
  1. The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a man) can go to get a haircut.
  2. (music) A style of a capella vocal music, sung in four-part harmony, typically by a quartet of men.
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    1. “Twenty years ago, grooming meant a fifteen-minute visit to the corner barbershop and a splash of Aqua Velva.”
      “On February 28 a large crowd estimated at 1200 people gathered in the park for easy listening music including barbershop singing groups.”
      “Swell stuff for those who prefer their melancholy with a beat and some barbershop harmony.”
barbering
  1. The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
  2. (informal) The practice among pets of overgrooming each other, leaving bald patches.
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    1. “She has 17 years barbering experience and is fully qualified in all aspects of the trade.”
      “His pride in barbering and his lack of education make him, like the other barbers, an object of Jimmy's contempt.”
      “In fact, the place looked like a film-set or a museum of barbering apparatus.”
barberess
  1. (rare) A female barber.
barbershops
  1. plural of barbershop
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    1. “When Mark Brown wrote the script, these were conversations he'd heard in barbershops before.”
      “Also underplayed by the media, but probably a hot topic in black barbershops, was another Census report last week.”
      “Sell your music at flea markets, barbershops, beauty salons, birthday parties, car washes, and any place you think people will buy it.”
barberesses
  1. plural of barberess
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