hairdresser
pronunciation
How to pronounce hairdresser in British English: UK [ˈheədresə(r)]
How to pronounce hairdresser in American English: US [ˈherdresər]
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- Noun:
- someone who cuts or beautifies hair
Word Origin
- hairdresser (n.)
- also hair-dresser, 1770, from hair + dresser. Related: Hairdressing (1771).
Synonym
Example
- 1. A meeting with a hairdresser whom they 'd agreed to pick up along the way would add the final touch .
- 2. If your waitress or a hairdresser looks like she 's having a hard day , leave her an extra big tip .
- 3. The competition more intense for the bigger merchants , say mid-sized businesses , as opposed to the hairdresser or personal trainer ?
- 4. By the time I had brought him up to london to get his hair restored to an acceptable colour by my own hairdresser , the cost was more like 80 .
- 5. Some anecdotes feel like a distraction-readers may wonder at the relevance of her hairdresser 's great aunt 's cremation , or of her bout of food poisoning in china .