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• Barber Conable — Barber Benjamin Conable, Jr. (November 2, 1922 ndash; November 30, 2003) was a U.S. Congressman and president of the World Bank. Conable was an Eagle Scout and received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.Conable… …   Wikipedia

• Barber — Bar ber (b[aum]r b[ e]r), n. [OE. barbour, OF. barbeor, F. barbier, as if fr. an assumed L. barbator, fr. barba beard. See 1st {Barb}.] One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• barber chirurgeon — Barber Bar ber (b[aum]r b[ e]r), n. [OE. barbour, OF. barbeor, F. barbier, as if fr. an assumed L. barbator, fr. barba beard. See 1st {Barb}.] One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• barber surgery — Barber Bar ber (b[aum]r b[ e]r), n. [OE. barbour, OF. barbeor, F. barbier, as if fr. an assumed L. barbator, fr. barba beard. See 1st {Barb}.] One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Barber's itch — Barber Bar ber (b[aum]r b[ e]r), n. [OE. barbour, OF. barbeor, F. barbier, as if fr. an assumed L. barbator, fr. barba beard. See 1st {Barb}.] One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• barber — c.1300, from Anglo Fr. barbour (attested as a surname from early 13c.), from O.Fr. barbeor, barbieor (Mod.Fr. barbier, which has a more restricted sense than the English word), from V.L. *barbatorem, from L. barba beard. Originally also regular… …   Etymology dictionary

• Barber paradox — This article is about a paradox of self reference. For an unrelated paradox in the theory of logical conditionals with a similar name, introduced by Lewis Carroll, see the Barbershop paradox. The Barber paradox is a puzzle derived from Russell s… …   Wikipedia

• Barber County, Kansas — Infobox U.S. County county=Barber County state=Kansas founded=February 26, 1867 seat=Medicine Lodge area total km2=2943|area total sq mi=1136 area land km2=2937|area land sq mi=1134 area water km2=5|area water sq mi=2 area percentage=0.18% census …   Wikipedia

• Barber, Samuel — born March 9, 1910, West Chester, Pa., U.S. died Jan. 23, 1981, New York, N.Y. U.S. composer. He studied piano, voice, conducting, and composition at the Curtis Institute. After graduation in 1934, he devoted himself to composition. Barber s… …   Universalium

• Barber's pole — A barber s pole is a type of sign used by barbers, a pole with white and red stripes. They have been known to be of different colors. For example, it was common practice to have black and yellow stripes in the City of Baltimore, Maryland until… …   Wikipedia