friseur en · NOUN
Etymology
From French friseur, from friser (“to curl, frizz”).
Meanings
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(archaic) A hairdresser.
As for poor Owen, could the bob-wig which he then wore have uncurled itself, and stood on end with horror, I am convinced the morning's labour of the friseur would have been undone, merely by the excess of his astonishment at this enormity.
1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter II, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 35:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| friseurs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (13)
sv frisör (a hairdresser) · de Friseur (a hairdresser) · ru парикма́хер (a hairdresser) · pl fryzjerka (a hairdresser) · kk шаштаразшы (a hairdresser) · fi kampaaja (a hairdresser) · hu frizőr (a hairdresser) · mk фри́зер (a hairdresser) · eo frizisto (a hairdresser) · fr friseur (a hairdresser) · sk kaderník (a hairdresser) · pl fryzjer (a hairdresser) · hu fodrász (a hairdresser)