friseur

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The friseur was engaged in this critical operation, and whole ranks of ladies stood round, one of them reading aloud one of Plutarch's Lives.

From Stray Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Here the Royal speaker was herself interrupted by a cloud of powder which the unconscious friseur flung over the edifice then erecting.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

It was the custom that, while Her Majesty's head was powdering and her powdering-gown had been placed upon the Royal person, she should be left sola with her friseur, when she usually read the newspapers.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

There is Dick Wildfire being attired, with the aid of the friseur and the tailor, and under the sneering inspection of Sam Sharp, his Yorkshire valet, according to the latest Parisian fashions.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various

The Widow Capet needs no milliner now; she needs no friseur now for her toilette.

From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)