Meanings
nounfriseur (plural friseurs)
plural friseurs
- archaicA hairdresser.
As for poor Owen, could the bob-wig which he then wore have uncurled itself, and stood on end with horror, I am convinced the morning's labour of the friseur would have been undone, merely by the excess of his astonishment at this enormity.
1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter II, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 35
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Origin
- Frenchfriseur
- Englishfriseur
From French friseur, from friser (“to curl, frizz”).
More words from French
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Esperanto frizisto
- frizistoa hairdresser
Finnish kampaaja
- kampaajaa hairdresser
French friseur
- friseura hairdresser
German Friseur
- Friseura hairdresser
Hungarian fodrász, frizőr
- fodrásza hairdresser
- frizőra hairdresser
Polish fryzjer, fryzjerka
- fryzjera hairdresser
- fryzjerkaa hairdresser
Russian парикма́хер
- парикма́хер (parikmáxer)a hairdresser
Slovak kaderník
- kaderníka hairdresser
Swedish frisör
- frisöra hairdresser
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APA
friseur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friseur
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“friseur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friseur. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “friseur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friseur.
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