Meanings
nounperruquier (plural perruquiers)
plural perruquiers
- A maker of perukes or wigs.
“the sun, like a courtly perruquier of the reign of George II., was lifting, and shifting, and setting in order the vapoury curls of the mountains.”
1895, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 3, in George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris, Dodd, Mead and Company, paragraph 3Synonyms: wigmaker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA maker of perukes or wigs.
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Origin
- Frenchperruquier
- Englishperruquier
Borrowed from French perruquier.
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perruquier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perruquier
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