friseur

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It was the custom that, while Her Majesty's head was powdering and her powdering-gown had been placed upon the Royal person, she should be left sola with her friseur, when she usually read the newspapers.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

Madame Antoinette herself claims to be not devoid of personal charms, and, if her friseur is to be believed, she is still a beautiful woman.

From The Baron's Sons by J?kai, M?r

The friseur was engaged in this critical operation, and whole ranks of ladies stood round, one of them reading aloud one of Plutarch's Lives.

From Stray Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

He went fearfully and cautiously, yet with a look of curiosity at the state of her head, and the operations of her friseur, that seemed to draw him on more powerfully than her commands.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

But, oh, heavens! is not a genial friseur, according to the principles of his character and profession, a privileged fool and coxcomb?

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)