Definitions for barber-surgeon

barber-surgeon bar·ber-sur·geon

Spelling: [bahr-ber-sur-juh n]
IPA: /ˈbɑr bərˈsɜr dʒən/

Barber-Surgeon is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 970 anagrams from letters in barber-surgeon (-abbeegnorrrsu).

Definitions for barber-surgeon

noun

  1. (formerly) a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.

Origin of barber-surgeon

First recorded in 1675-85

Examples for barber-surgeon

Esquemeling served the Buccaneers in the capacity of barber-surgeon, and was present at all their exploits.

She said we were not descended from the barber-surgeon, and laughed at the Battle of Bosworth.

Scarcely less mischievous than these sowers of dissension, is the barber-surgeon, who still flourishes in Trinacria.

In this capacity he is the counterpart of the barber-surgeon of mediaeval Europe.

But enough for the present of the barber-surgeon and his pole.

In the 1540s, Ambroise Pare from France, a barber-surgeon who was the son of a servant, was an army surgeon.

Finding himself scarcely able to stand, he at length appealed to a barber-surgeon, who drew 16 oz.

"At your service," replied the barber-surgeon, bowing profoundly.

His father was a barber-surgeon, who disapproved of music, and wished George Frederick to become a lawyer.

At ten years a fatherless Boy poorly educated, he is apprenticed to a barber-surgeon.

Word Value for barber-surgeon
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

Similar words for barber-surgeon
Word of the day