coiffeur

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Recent Examples of coiffeur If all that counts is inward essence, what the hell were those teams of makeup artists, coiffeurs, and cinematographers employed by the major studios, in the golden age, doing all day? Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024 Toussaint, who was literate, socially adroit and a talented fiddler, was apprenticed as a coiffeur and was permitted to keep some of his earnings; Schuyler and her sister-in-law, Eliza Hamilton — the wife of Alexander Hamilton — were among his earliest clients. Elizabeth Stone, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024 The French may champion a makeup-free look, but their tousled tresses aren’t so effortless — French coiffeurs have mastered the art of achieving perfectly imperfect hair. Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023 The British coiffeur’s 35-year-plus career includes styling the locks of A-listers like Sarah Jessica Parker, Goldie Hawn, Sharon Stone, and Paris Hilton, among others. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023 In one of the play’s delightful rhymes, the widow derides Arsinoë’s priggishness and terrible coiffeur (an updo with varnished-looking curls). Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023 But, with ample time to kill, the girls have been interrupting her beauty sleep to play coiffeur. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2021 In France itinerant coiffeurs made up 8-10% of the market, says Pierre André, who runs Wecasa, an app which arranges home cuts. The Economist, 28 May 2020 Michel Euler/Associated Press PARIS — Franck Provost, a high-profile coiffeur with more than 500 hair salons across France, needed to do some hiring last fall in the central Loire region. Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coiffeur
Noun
  • The Guardian reported that, Davey, a beautician and a mother of two, was pronounced dead at the scene after first responders arrived.
    David Chiu, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Guerra arrived at the funeral home on Feb. 22 with a beautician to do Silva's hair and makeup.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • After 44 years as a cosmetologist, West Allis resident Linda Minckler recently opened an online bracelet business to support causes close to her heart.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Others chimed in that Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, is a licensed cosmetologist who used to manage a hair salon and surely passed her hair care knowledge onto her daughter.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • In 2022, the two opened a barber shop in Buffalo’s Elmwood Village.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the days leading up to Election Day, activists from national and local civic engagement groups stopped by barber shops, attended church services and visited college campuses across the state encouraging Georgians to vote.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • What’s more, the blow dry lasts 24 hours, according to the company, which was founded in 2001 by three U.K. hairdressers, and is now owned by Wella.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 10 July 2024
  • Doe became a hairdresser and then started seeing Ritter.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024

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“Coiffeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coiffeur. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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