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hairdresser

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: barber; beautician, aesthetician, esthetician

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: friseur, hairstylist, barber, beautician, aesthetician, esthetician

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who cuts or beautifies hair

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hairstylist, stylist, styler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer

Narrower terms: barber, coiffeur, coiffeuse, tinter

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English hair English dress Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English hairdresser From hair + dress + -er.

Across languages

Translations

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: haarkapper — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Albanian: floktar — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Albanian: berber — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Arabic: مُزَيِّن (muzayyin) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Arabic: كْوَافِير (kwafīr) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Armenian: վարսավիր (varsavir) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Armenian: վարսահարդար (varsahardar) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Azerbaijani: bərbər — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Azerbaijani: dəllək — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Belarusian: цыру́льнік (cyrúlʹnik) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Belarusian: цыру́льніца (cyrúlʹnica) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Bengali: নরসুন্দর (norśundor) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Bulgarian: фризьо́р (frizjór) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Bulgarian: фризьо́рка (frizjórka) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Bulgarian: коафьо́р (koafjór) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Bulgarian: коафьо́рка (koafjórka) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Catalan: perruquer — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Catalan: barber — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Catalan: pentinador — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美髮師 /美发师 (měifàshī, měifǎshī) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 理髮員 /理发员 (lǐfàyuán, lǐfǎyuán) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Czech: kadeřník — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Czech: kadeřnice — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Danish: frisør — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Dutch: kapper — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Dutch: kapster — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Esperanto: frizisto — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Esperanto: haristo — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Esperanto: barbiro — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Estonian: juuksur — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Finnish: kampaaja — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Finnish: parturi — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • French: coiffeur — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • French: coiffeuse — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • French: friseur — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • French: friseuse — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Georgian: პარიკმახერი (ṗariḳmaxeri) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Georgian: დალაქი (dalaki) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • German: Friseur — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • German: Friseurin — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • German: Coiffeur — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • German: Coiffeuse — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • German: Coiffeur — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Greek: κομμωτής (kommotís) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Greek: κομμώτρια (kommótria) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Haitian Creole: kwafè — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Haitian Creole: kwafèz — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Hebrew: מְעַצֵּב שֵׂיעָר (me'atzév se'ár) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Hindi: नाई (nāī) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Hindi: मुंड (muṇḍ) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Hungarian: fodrász — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Hungarian: fodrásznő — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Icelandic: hárgreiðslumaður — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Icelandic: hársnyrtir — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Icelandic: hárgreiðslumeistari — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Ido: kuafisto — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Indonesian: penata rambut — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Irish: gruagaire — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Italian: parrucchiere — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Italian: parrucchiera — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Japanese: 美容師 (biyōshi) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Kazakh: шаштараз (şaştaraz) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Khmer: ជាងអ៊ុតសក់ (ciəng ʼut sɑk) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Korean: 미용사 (miyongsa) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Northern Kurdish: kuafor — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Northern Kurdish: berber — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Kyrgyz: чачтарач (cactarac) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Kyrgyz: парикмахер (parikmaher) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Lao: ຊ່າງຕັດຜົມ (sāng tat phom) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Latin: cinerārius — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Latin: cinīflō — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Latin: ornātrix — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Latvian: frizieris — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Latvian: friziere — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Lithuanian: kirpė́jas — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Lithuanian: kirpė́ja — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Macedonian: фризер (frizer) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Macedonian: фризерка (frizerka) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Maltese: parrukkier — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Maltese: parrukkiera — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Māori: kaikuti makawe — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Māori: kaihākari — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Mongolian: үсчин (üsčin) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Norman: copeux dé g'veux — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Norman: pèrrutchi — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frisør — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frisør — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Occitan: perruquièr — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Pashto: آرایشګر (ārāyešgár) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Pashto: دلاک (dalãk) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Pashto: سلماني (salmāní) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Pashto: ډم (ḍǝm) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Persian: آرایِشْگَر (ārāyišgar) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Persian: حَجَّام (hajjām) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Iranian Persian: آرایِشْگَر (ârâyešgar) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Iranian Persian: حَجَّام (hajjâm) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Polish: fryzjer — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Polish: fryzjerka — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Polish: golibroda — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Polish: balwierz — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Portuguese: cabeleireiro — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Portuguese: cabeleireira — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Romanian: frizer — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Romanian: frizeriță — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Romanian: coafor — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Russian: парикма́хер (parikmáxer) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Russian: парикма́херша (parikmáxerša) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Russian: цирю́льник (cirjúlʹnik) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Russian: цирю́льница (cirjúlʹnica) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Serbo-Croatian: фрѝзе̄р — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Serbo-Croatian: фрѝзе̄рка — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Serbo-Croatian: frìzēr — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Serbo-Croatian: frìzērka — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Slovak: kaderník — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Slovak: kaderníčka — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Slovene: frizer — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Slovene: frizerka — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Spanish: peluquero — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Spanish: peluquera — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Swedish: frisör — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Swedish: frisörska — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Swedish: barberare — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Tagalog: tagapagkulot — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Tajik: сартарош (sartaroš) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Tajik: машшота (maššota) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Tajik: ороишгар (oroyišgar) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Thai: ช่างแต่งผม (châang-dtɛ̀ɛng-pǒm) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Tibetan: སྐྲ་ཁང (skra khang) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Turkish: berber — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Turkish: kuaför — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Turkmen: dellek — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Ukrainian: перука́р (perukár) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Ukrainian: перука́рка (perukárka) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Urdu: حَجّام (hajjām) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Urdu: مُو تَراش (mū tarāś) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Urdu: نَائی (nāī) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Uyghur: ساتىراش (satirash) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Uyghur: ساتىراچ (satirach) — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Uzbek: sartarosh — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Vietnamese: thợ cắt tóc — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Volapük: heran — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Volapük: hiheran — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Volapük: jiheran — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
  • Welsh: triniwr gwallt — professional for haircutting or hairstyling
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