Etymology PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
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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.2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
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.
Etymology PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
1
To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
2
(US, slang) To chatter, talk.
‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 29: