Meanings
nouncornrower (plural cornrowers)
plural cornrowers
- Someone who braids hair into cornrows.
Richelle Braithwait, who worked as a cornrower at Casdulan Hairdressers in Harlem in 1980, expressed disbelief that "white women are paying $300 for a hairstyle on Park Avenue that any child in Harlem can do."
2000, Julie A. Willett, Permanent Waves: The Making of the American Beauty Shop, New York, N.Y.; London: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 177
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cornrower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornrower
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“cornrower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornrower. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cornrower,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornrower.
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