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coiffeur

[kwa-fœr] / kwaˈfœr /


NOUN
hairdresser
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NOUN
stylist
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At a barber shop called Peluqueria 5 Star Fades Estrellas on 26th, a coiffeur named Juan Garcia sat in a chair near the store entrance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

Alcaraz is also the sort of young person who assigns a critical pre tournament haircut not to a $300 Manhattan coiffeur, but to…his brother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2025

The 80-plus-year-old coiffeur, decked out in marine attire complete with sailor stripes and the “Bachi” bonnet worn by the French marines, ushers us inside and says, “I’ve been here for 57 years.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2017

“What do you write about?” the coiffeur asked.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 2, 2016

A coiffeur in a good district is the repository of the grandest secrets of life.

From Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn

In both portraits, the Baroque coiffeurs and draperies are stripped away.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2010

Geisha girls cannot have permanent waves, fancy coiffeurs, heavy makeup, manicures, high heels or too bright kimonos.

From Time Magazine Archive

The coiffeurs feared diminishing tips, the owners feared vanishing profits.

From Time Magazine Archive

Antoine Cierplikowski is the most famed of all Parisian coiffeurs.

From Time Magazine Archive

But finally Madame Dépine drew herself together and led the way into the coiffeurs.

From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Israel Zangwill




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