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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Barber \Bar"ber\ (b[aum]r"b[~e]r), noun [OE. barbour, OF. barbeor, F. barbier, as if fr. an assumed L. barbator, fr. barba beard. See 1st {Barb}.] One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.
{Barber's itch}. See under {Itch}.
Note: Formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery, such as letting blood and pulling teeth. Hence such terms as barber surgeon (old form
{barber chirurgeon}),
{barber surgery}, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Barber \Bar"ber\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Barbered} (b[aum]r"b[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbering}.] To shave and dress the beard or hair of. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Barber \Bar"ber\, noun (Meteor.) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, esp. one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; -- so named from the cutting ice spicules. [Canada] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Barber
noun
1: United States composer (1910-1981) [syn: {Samuel Barber}]
2: a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
verb: perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "barber": beautician, beautifier, bob, clipper, coif, coiffeur, coiffeuse, coiffure, conk, cropper, hairdresser, manicurist, pompadour, process, shaver, shingle, trim, wave
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Barber -- U.S. County in Kansas Population (2000): 5307 Housing Units (2000): 2740 Land area (2000): 1134.112529 sq. miles (2937.337841 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.098189 sq. miles (5.434284 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1136.210718 sq. miles (2942.772125 sq. km) Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20 Location: 37.230652 N, 98.568613 W Headwords: Barber Barber, KS Barber County Barber County, KS
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Barber Found only once, in Ezek. 5:1, where reference is made to the Jewish custom of shaving the head as a sign of mourning. The Nazarites were untouched by the razor from their birth (Num. 6:5). Comp. Judg. 16:19.
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