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... barberhairdresserstylistcoiffeur Word family Related forms haircuthaircutting Etymology AI details A transparent compound of hair (Old English hǣr) and cutter (from cut + agent suffix -er), denoting one who cuts hair. hǣr Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown