coiffeuse

noun

coif·​feuse kwä-ˈfərz 

-ˈfəz,

-ˈfyüz,

-ˈfüz 

: a woman who is a hairdresser

Examples of coiffeuse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That question could best be answered by the barrio’s fierce matriarchs, Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz), who emigrated with her mother from Cuba in the 1940s, and Daniela (Daphne Rubin-Vega), the gregarious coiffeuse whose salon has been the epicenter for conversation and social activity for years. —Washington Post, 4 June 2021

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, from coiffer "to arrange (hair)" + -euse, feminine agent suffix — more at coiffure, chanteuse

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above