friseur

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Or shall we constitute him friseur to Tisiphone, and make him curl up her locks with his satires and libels?

From Dialogues of the Dead by Morley, Henry

But, oh, heavens! is not a genial friseur, according to the principles of his character and profession, a privileged fool and coxcomb?

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

Ah! my good cousin, my excellent Mrs. Betty, excuse me that my tyrant friseur prevents my rising to welcome you.

From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

He went fearfully and cautiously, yet with a look of curiosity at the state of her head, and the operations of her friseur, that seemed to draw him on more powerfully than her commands.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

I had a gentleman to wait upon me, a French friseur to dress my hair of a morning.

From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony