barbery

noun

bar·​bery

ˈbärbərē

plural -es

: the craft of a barber

a fashionable dentist … who seems to have graduated from barbery to dentistry

—Harvey Graham

Word History

Etymology

Middle French barberie, from barbier barber (from barbe beard, from Latin barba) + -ie -y

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