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barbers

barbers is the plural of barber.

barbers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of barber.

Meaning of barber

Noun

barber (plural barbers)

  1. 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.

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Questions about barbers

What is barbers the plural of?
Barbers is the plural of barber.

Words near barbers in the dictionary

  1. Barberos
  2. barberpole
  3. barberpoles
  4. barberries
  5. barberry
  6. barbers
  7. barbers' poles
  8. barbers' signs
  9. barbershop
  10. barbershop quartet
  11. barbershop quartets

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