perruquier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French perruquier.

Noun

perruquier (plural perruquiers)

  1. 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

French

Etymology

From perruque +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ.ʁy.kje/ ~ /pe.ʁy.kje/
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Noun

perruquier m (plural perruquiers, feminine perruquière)

  1. wigmaker
  2. (obsolete) hairdresser

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: перуке́р (perukér)

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