Barber

bärb′ėr, n. one who shaves beards and dre es hair.— ns. Barb′er-mong′er ( Shak. ), a man decked out by his barber, a fop; Barb′er-sur′geon , one who let blood and drew teeth as well as shaved—the company of Barber-surgeons was incorporated in 1461, but by an act in 1545 barbers were confined to the more humble function.— Barber's block , a round block on which wigs are made; Barber's pole , the barber's sign in England, a pole striped spirally with alternate bands of colours, generally red or black and white, having often a bra basin hung at the end. [Fr.—L. barb a , a beard.]