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Answer for the clue "A man hairdresser ", 8 letters:
coiffeur

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Word definitions for coiffeur in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coiffeur \Coif`feur"\, n. [F.] A hairdresser.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1847, from French coiffeur "hairdresser," from coiffer "to dress hair," from Old French coife , originally, "inner part of the helmet" (see coif (n.)). A woman hairdresser would be properly a coiffeuse .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a man hairdresser

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A male hairdresser. vb. To cut or style hair

Usage examples of coiffeur.

So when I got there I went to the best place and I told the coiffeur that I wanted it all brushed forward and he brushed it and it came down to my nose and I could hardly see through it and I said I wanted it cut like a boy when he would first go to public school.

The second son of the Duke of Lawless was as pudgy, soft, and pink as ever, and his thinning brown curls were in such neat rows that they must have taken his coiffeur a positive age to achieve.

Her long rich hair was arranged atop her head in a simple but attractive coiffeur and held in place by a narrow tiara of electrum studded with jade.

Grijpstra’s hair looked like a well-worn scrubbing brush and de Gier’s curls were beautifully cut by a proud and highly trained coiffeur taking an almost personal interest in the glamor of his clients.

Her corn-coloured hair, thanks to an excellent Parisian coiffeur, was as bright as ever.

Goriot's coiffeur, and went to some expense over her toilette, expense justifiable on the ground that she owed it to herself and her establishment to pay some attention to appearances when such highly-respectable persons honored her house with their presence.

Brandy said, and despite her exquisite coiffeur, pulled her sister to her in a quick hug.

Its mane was silver where Nessus's was brown, and was neatly coiffeured in complex ringlets.

He was tired from days of long duty, and just a little tired of this coiffeured airhead.

Finally, down the table, opposite Cameron sat James Vereker, the impossibly good-looking, beautifully coiffeured Anchorman of the six o'clock regional news programme, 'Cotswold Round-Up'.

Avelaine La Roux says, running a distracted hand through her hair, which disarranges its careful coiffeur.

In spite of a modish (and very expensive) morning-dress of twilled French silk, and the smart crop achieved for her golden curls by the most fashionable coiffeur in London, she looked absurdly youthful, like a schoolgirl caught out in mischief.