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cornrowers

cornrowers is the plural of cornrower.

Meaning of cornrower

Noun

cornrower (plural cornrowers)

  1. 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

Questions about cornrowers

What is cornrowers the plural of?
Cornrowers is the plural of cornrower.

Words near cornrowers in the dictionary

  1. cornpone
  2. cornpones
  3. cornrow
  4. cornrowed
  5. cornrower
  6. cornrowers
  7. cornrowing
  8. cornrows
  9. corns
  10. corns on the cob
  11. cornsack

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