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Synonyms for barbered

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bahr-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr bər

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Définition of barbered

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Anglo-French barbour (attested as a surname from early 13c.), from Old French barbeor, barbieor (Modern French barbier, which has a more restricted sense than the English word), from Vulgar Latin *barbatorem, from Latin barba "beard" (see barb (n.)). Originally also regular practitioners of surgery, they were restricted to haircutting and dentistry under Henry VIII.
  • As in shave : verb cut outer covering off
  • As in trim : verb cut shorter
Example sentences :
  • Everything was cleaned up, mended up, and the men had washed and barbered themselves into almost dude-like neatness.
  • Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) » by John McElroy
  • Took him up for some coffee and eggs, staked him to his room rent, and sent him off to get cleaned and barbered.
  • Extract from : « Merton of the Movies » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The most of them that I have seen ought to stay with the damned, any how, without reference to how they were barbered.
  • Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • He's had himself tailored and barbered until he looks like an34 English investor come over huntin' six per cent.
  • Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
  • Centred in a square of barbered lawn was a fountain where Neptune drove his chariot of sea-horses.
  • Extract from : « Swirling Waters » by Max Rittenberg
  • Being at last considered sufficiently tamed and trained to be trusted with scissors, we barbered ourselves as best we could.
  • Extract from : « Herland » by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
  • He was barbered and wore a suit which showed his splendid length and strength of limb.
  • Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
  • He walked in one evening at dusk, but at first sight I didn't know him he was so spruced and barbered up.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Avonlea » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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