perruquier en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from French perruquier.
Meanings
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A maker of perukes or wigs.
“the sun, like a courtly perruquier of the reign of George II., was lifting, and shifting, and setting in order the vapoury curls of the mountains.”
1895, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 3, in George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris, Dodd, Mead and Company, paragraph 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| perruquiers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |