coiffeur

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a man hairdresser

Word Origin

coiffeur (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.