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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

She was "out," so it was dressed high on her head by a French coiffeur.

From The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales by Bessie Hatton

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

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2010

Antoine Cierplikowski is the most famed of all Parisian coiffeurs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Berlin coiffeurs are attempting to launch the 'Hindenburg bob,' an exaggerated 'shingle,' imitative of my short bristling pompadour.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He was pleased to be entertained by the coiffeurs of Agen, Paris, Bordeaux, and Toulouse.

From Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist by Samuel Smiles


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