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means a person whose trade is cutting hair and trimming or shaving beards, typically for men.
from From Old French 'barbeor,' from Medieval Latin 'barbarius,' rooted in Latin 'barba' — beard (a likely cousin of English 'beard' itself). The word arrived in English in the 1300s, back when a barber's blade did far more than tidy a fringe: for centuries the same hands that trimmed beards also pulled teeth, set bones, and let blood, hence 'barber-surgeon.' The red-and-white pole still flags that bloody past — the red for blood, the white for bandages.
- red pole
- Stripes once meant surgery; barbers did bloodletting
- surgeon roots
- Same guild handled haircuts and amputations for centuries
- shop talk
- Barbershops were Black political and civil rights hubs
- closed door
- Sunday closures gave six-day workers their grooming day
- figaro
- Opera's famous barber juggles shaves and scheming
figaro's barbershop nyc — legendary harlem barbershop established 1913, gathering place for african american community
truefitt and hill london — oldest barbershop in continuous operation since 1805, served british royalty
schorem rotterdam — dutch barbershop opened 1947, iconic institution and barbering school in netherlands