cornrower
cornrower noun: someone who braids hair into cornrows.
Noun
cornrower (plural cornrowers)
- Someone who braids hair into cornrows.
- Richelle Braithwait, who worked as a cornrower at Casdulan Hairdressers in Harlem in 1980, expressed disbelief that "white women are paying $300 for a hairstyle on Park Avenue that any child in Harlem can do."2000, Julie A. Willett, Permanent Waves: The Making of the American Beauty Shop, New York, N.Y.; London: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 177
Forms of cornrower
| plural | cornrowers |
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Origin of cornrower
From cornrow + -er.
Questions about cornrower
- What does cornrower mean?
- Cornrower means someone who braids hair into cornrows.
- What part of speech is cornrower?
- Cornrower is a noun.
- What is the plural of cornrower?
- The plural of cornrower is cornrowers.
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