perruquier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French perruquier.
Noun
perruquier (plural perruquiers)
- A maker of perukes or wigs.
- Synonym: wigmaker
- 1895, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 3, in George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris, Dodd, Mead and Company, paragraph 3:
- “the sun, like a courtly perruquier of the reign of George II., was lifting, and shifting, and setting in order the vapoury curls of the mountains.”
References
- “perruquier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ.ʁy.kje/ ~ /pe.ʁy.kje/
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Noun
perruquier m (plural perruquiers, feminine perruquière)
- wigmaker
- (obsolete) hairdresser
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: перуке́р (perukér)
Further reading
- “perruquier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.