haircutter

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhɛrˌkʌtɚ/ UK /ˈheəkʌtə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who cuts hair as a trade

The village haircutter knew every family's preferred style.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who cuts hair as a... barber hairdresser stylistcoiffeur

Word family

Related forms haircut haircutting

Etymology

A transparent compound of hair (Old English hǣr) and cutter (from cut + agent suffix -er), denoting one who cuts hair.

hǣr Old English

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# haircutter

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɛrˌkʌtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈheəkʌtə/

## Meanings
1. a person who cuts hair as a trade

## Examples
- The village haircutter knew every family's preferred style.

## Synonyms
- barber
- hairdresser
- stylist
- coiffeur

## Related Forms
- haircut
- haircutting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hǣr

## Etymology
A transparent compound of hair (Old English hǣr) and cutter (from cut + agent suffix -er), denoting one who cuts hair.

## AI Etymology
haircutter is a transparent compound of hair (Old English hǣr) and cutter (from cut + agent suffix -er), denoting one who cuts hair. Morphologically, the word is best read through the components named in the history, with the modern spelling preserving a compound structure rather than a single unanalyzable stem. In present English, the noun sense is "a person who cuts hair as a trade", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as haircut and haircutting. Its semantic neighborhood includes barber, hairdresser, stylist, and coiffeur, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English hǣr.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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