Coiffeur


[kwa-fœr] /kwaˈfœr/

noun, plural coiffeurs
[kwa-fœr] /kwaˈfœr/ (Show IPA). French.
1.
a man who is a hairdresser.
/kwɑːˈfɜː; French kwafœr/
noun
1.
a hairdresser
n.

1847, from French coiffeur “hairdresser,” from coiffer “to dress hair,” from Old French coife, originally, “inner part of the helmet” (see coif (n.)). A woman hairdresser would be properly a coiffeuse.

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