friseur

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She was teaching a Highland dance to a graceful cavalier in white silk breeches, flowered satin waistcoat, and most choicely powdered periwig, fresh from the friseur.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

Here the Royal speaker was herself interrupted by a cloud of powder which the unconscious friseur flung over the edifice then erecting.

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

There is Dick Wildfire being attired, with the aid of the friseur and the tailor, and under the sneering inspection of Sam Sharp, his Yorkshire valet, according to the latest Parisian fashions.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various

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)

I had a gentleman to wait upon me, a French friseur to dress my hair of a morning.

From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony